The Crime Desk: This is the first time in Asia that a crocodile has been released into the Sundarbans river with a satellite transmitter on its back. Sri Lankan crocodile expert Dr. Ru-Sombira and Australian crocodile expert Dr. Paul carried out this work in collaboration with the Forest Department and IUCN. On Wednesday (March 13) afternoon, they set the satellite transmitter device and released the female crocodile Madhu, rescued from the area of the house of the crocodile Juliet of Karamjal and Michael Madhusudan Dutt of Jessore, in the Bhadra river of the Sundarbans.
Muhammad Nurul Karim, Divisional Forest Officer of Sundarban East Forest Division and Divisional Forest Officer of Sundarban West Forest Division, was present at this time. Abu Naser Mahasin Hossain, Divisional Forest Officer of Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation Department Nirmal Kumar Pal, IUCN Country Director Sarwar Alam Dipu, Fisheries Expert Mofizur Rahman, Karamjal Wildlife Breeding Center Officer-in-Charge Howladar Azad Kabir, and others.
Howladar Azad Kabir, officer-in-charge of Karamjal Wildlife Center, said that this is the first time in Asia that a crocodile has been released into the Sundarbans river with a satellite transmitter on its back. Through this, the movement of crocodiles and the survival rate of crocodiles that are free in the river will be known.
