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CROCODOPOLIS world of crocodilians TM SCIENCE · CULTURE · INDUSTRY · NEWS · COMMUNICATION · CONSERVATION
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NEWS
THE CROC PRESS Regular coverage of crocodilians and people in headlines worldwide.
By Wes von Papineäu News Page Editor Email: crocnews@crocodopolis.net _________________________________________________
Week of 12 November 06
16
November 06
New program to control croc chlamydia
An
Australian industry group has pushed forward a new hygiene program to
control chlamydia which has recently killed up to 90 per cent of
the
Northern Territory's crocodile hatchlings.
15 November 06 Man sneaks crocs onto plane
'Crocs on a plane '... gangsters attempt to kill a witness by .... Ooops, sorry, wrong script.
Let's
try this: A Filipino man who flew home from Cambodia was intercepted
possessing three half-metre long Siamese crocodiles in his carry-on. Its
unknown how the man was able to carry the crocs onto the plane in from
Phnom Penh ("The crocs are OK but 'you' have to take off yours
shoes"? Wes).
Of
interest, Philippine police were on the lookout for this particular
individual after learning that he had been refused an import permit for
the animals.
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2030524,00.html
And
for those of you that need 'all' the nitty-gritty facts behind
the incident …
15
October 06 Illegal sand mining Threatens gharial sanctuary
A
15-km stretch of sandy bank on India's National Highway 3 has remained
an ideal breeding ground for the now endangered gharial for millions of
years, but now the 772 remaining gharials in the area face the threat of
extinction due to biotic pressure and reckless illegal mining of sand.
13
November 06 Crocodiles more popular than cows This holiday season
A
statement of the obvious for this group! http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story
10
October 06
(Though
dated in October, this item was recently found, and will be archived
with this week's news items. -Ed.) http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061010/asp/siliguri/story_6850103.asp
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