Another crocodile with satellite transmitter released in Sundarbans

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Bagerhat, Jan 27 -The Forest Department has released another crocodile with satellite transmitters in Charaputia canal in the Sundarbans to know the life cycle and behavior of the animal.

The seven-feet and 20 kilogram crocodile was released on Sunday afternoon.

With this, a total of five crocodiles have so far been released in the forest attaching satellite transmitters. Four crocodiles were released on March 4, 2024.

Azad Kabir, in-charge at Karamjal Wildlife Breeding Centre in the east zone of the Sundarbans, said they earlier released the four crocodiles with the finance of German based GIZ and technical assistance of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

As a continuation of it, the latest crocodile was released on Sunday, he said, adding that they have been collecting readings from the crocodiles after every 15 days.

The information collected from the amphibian animals is analysed through applications, the official said.

Kazi Muhammad Nurul Karim, divisional forest official (DFO) of the Sundarbans East Division, said information from the crocodiles  come to their centre constantly and such activities would continue next one year.

According to the forest department, 209 crocodiles, born in the breeding centre, have so far been released in the forest.

There are currently 103 big and small size crocodiles in the centre. - UNB