Crocodile Farms
There are five Crocodile farms in Tamil Nadu, four under the control of Forest Department.
- Amaravati Sagar Crocodile Farm in Pollachi Division, Coimbatore district
- Hogenakkal Crocodile Bank, Dharmapuri district.
- Kurumbapatti Crocodile farm in Salem Division.
- Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, a private Herpetology research station, was established in 1976 for the conservation and study of India's three endangered Crocodilians: the Mugger Crocodile, the Gharial, and the Saltwater Crocodile. Thousands of these reptiles have been reintroduced into the wild.
- Sathanur Dam Crocodile Bank, Tirupattur Division, Tiruvannamalai district
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