The Ganges Gavial (Gavialis Gangeticus), called « Gharial » in Asia, is a fish eater crocodile. It can be 6 meters long and it has jaws particularly narrow.

The Gavial, one of the rarest species of crocodiles in the world…

Intensive hunting and competition between Humans and Gavials for fishing decimated the specie, formerly numerous in Asia.

Threatened with total extinction, it’s now only found in India and Nepal and may be in Bangladesh and Bhutan.

Our association SOS CROCODILES acts for saving this mythic animal… in Nepal

Since its creation, our association is acting for the conservation of gavials, particularly in Nepal. The “Gharial Conservation Project” is located in that countries, in the middle of Chitwan Royal Park, an animal husbandry farm, where the gavials you can see at the Ferme aux Crocodiles, come from.

SOS Crocodiles began to help in the center’s infrastructures optimization, by the realization of a nursery. The association works on a fish farming project. This could be the beginning of the fish reintroduction in rivers and that could feed humans and gavials.

… and in India

In January 2008, a large and unusual mortality has been observed in the gavial species of Chambal. Located in the North of India, that region counts the largest amount of wild gavials in the world. (about 1000 animals)

SOS Crocodiles helped in financing the scientific mission which made the world’s greatest crocodile’s specialists to go to India to study that specie. The Dr Samuel MARTIN, director of the Ferme aux Crocodiles went there.