Loss of habitat because of sand mining and conversion to agriculture, depletion of fish resources and detrimental fishing methods continue to threaten the population. It has been listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2007. The oldest known depictions of the gharial are about 4,000 years old and were found in the Indus Valley.

Since January 2009, 250 captive reared gharial from Kukrail Rehabilitation Centre (Lucknow) have been released into River Ganga. In collaboration with University of Tokyo, Japan and WWF-India has initiated a study on Gharial Bio-logging Science to understand the underwater behaviour and surrounding habitat of a free ranging gharial.

Once found in freshwater river systems from Pakistan to Myanmar, the critically endangered gharial's range is now limited to India and Nepal. What is a gharial? Gharials, sometimes called...

2024年5月28日 · Gharials are critically endangered, with about 650 adults remaining in the wild, mostly in the National Chambal Sanctuary in North India. Major threats to gharials include habitat disruption from sand mining, dam construction and getting caught in fishing nets.

Native to India, the population of this endangered species stands at roughly 235. Their numbers have drastically reduced over the last 70 years or so, and experts predict that if things currently continue on this trend, Gharial crocs may soon become extinct forever.

3 天之前 · News Lifestyle Pets & Animals The Indian gharial might go extinct in your lifetime; 5 other animal species that are 'critically endangered' The Indian gharial might go extinct in your lifetime; 5 other animal species that are ‘critically endangered’ If stronger action is not taken now, we could lose these species within our lifetime—a …

2024年9月27日 · Due to habitat loss, poaching, and accidental fishing deaths, the species’ population shrunk from 10,000 animals in 1946 to fewer than 250 adults in 2006, according to the International Union for...

The gharial Gavialis gangeticus is a Critically Endangered crocodilian endemic to the Indian subcontinent. Habitat modification by river damming and water extraction has caused a severe decline in its population. The status of the gharial is known within protected areas, but there have been few surveys for this species in unprotected areas.

Touted as the most successful conservation story in India for decades, the Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) conservation program is in the doldrums today, with only about 200 reproducing Gharials remain in the wild. Formerly found in almost every river system in the northern Indian subcontinent, today these large crocodilians are found only in a few