Return of the king? Pakistan moves to bring gharials from Nepal to its rivers

Mongabay
Jul 2, 2022, 2:20 am635 ptsHot
KATHMANDU — Pakistan is aiming for the return of an apex predator not seen in the country in nearly four decades: the gharial crocodile (Gavialis gangeticus). According to the WWF program in Pakistan, the government there has asked Nepal, which has a long-running program raising the critically endangered…

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