Question

how to save the gharial

Answer 1

Back in the 1940s, up to 10,000 adult gharials were estimated to live around the great rivers in the north of the Indian subcontinent. Today, their total number does not exceed 200 adult individuals, of which only 20 are males. The main threats to this species are river pollution, dam construction, and massive-scale fishing operations. Other serious problems include illegal sand mining, which destroys gharial egg-laying grounds, and poaching. The last refuge of the gharial is the Chambal River in northern India, where the vast majority of the remaining wild population survives.


Prague Zoo works together with an international organization called Gharial Conservation Alliance (GCA) to protect the last wild populations. This organization plays a key role in gharial conservation on the Chambal River; its activities, however, are not limited to that zone, but extend throughout India. The GCA carries out research on gharials and their habitat, monitors compliance with the law, advocates for necessary changes to the law, and collaborates with the authorities. It also strives to secure better management of protected areas and champions the environmental education in 

Answer 2

The few ways in which we can help save the Gharial are:

by checking the habitat loss.

by putting complete ban on fishing in the habitats inhabited by them.

by ensuring the availability of sufficient food in the habitats.

by checking the river water pollution.

by strictly enforcing the Indian Wildlife Protection Act.

by restoring the degraded habitats.