Question

What efforts did Whitaker and his team take to save the gharials?

Answer 1

They collected around 12,000 gharial eggs which were incubated and hatched. After hatching, more than 5,000 juveniles were released into Protected Areas and sporadic monitoring was carried out.

However, due to the lack of effort from the river people put all the effort to waste and just 2 gharials are alive in the Mahanadi riverside.

Answer 2

The efforts taken by them are:

1. by checking the habitat loss.
2. by putting complete ban on fishing in the habitats inhabited by them.
3. by ensuring the availability of sufficient food in the habitats.
4. by checking the river water pollution.
5. by strictly enforcing the Indian Wildlife Protection Act.
6. by restoring the degraded habitats.