Translocating Crocodiles
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Oryx
- Vol. 15 (4) , 371-373
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0030605300028866
Abstract
The state of Borno, in Nigeria, is trying to increase its dwindling crocodile populations. In 1976 the State wildlife authorities confiscated fifteen crocodiles that were being illegally kept, and used them to augment a low population in a game reserve. This proved successful, and in 1979 they followed it with another successful translocation, this time of 20 crocodiles born and bred in Kyarimi Park Zoo of which the author was Curator. The latest news is that a third translocation is planned from a record batch of 112 bred in the Kyarimi Park Zoo.Keywords
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