From National Geographic:

At least 50 critically endangered reptiles known as gharials have been found dead recently in a river sanctuary in central India, officials announced this week. Conservationists and scientists are now scrambling to figure out what killed the crocodilelike animals.

The bodies, measuring between 5 and 10 feet (meters) long, have been found on the banks of the Chambal River, one of the few unpolluted Indian rivers.

In early December officials found the bodies of at least 21 gharials over three days. The bodies continued washing ashore in subsequent weeks.

The precise number of gharials that have died remains unclear, with the nonprofit Gharial Conservation Alliance saying 81 bodies have washed up so far.

D.N.S. Suman, chief wildlife warden for the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, puts the number of dead animals at 50.

This is really sad. The Gharials once found in other parts of the world are now exclusive to the Indian sub-continent. That is a big thing. It is our responsibility to take care of them. This should go on National Television and National Newspapers and not the Bollywood jazz or fiascos the politicians get involved with.

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