Crocodile Breeding Centre, Kurukshetra

Bhor Saidan Crocodile Breeding Centre
Wildlife breeding
Bhor Saidan Crocodile Breeding Centre is located in Haryana
Bhor Saidan Crocodile Breeding Centre
Bhor Saidan Crocodile Breeding Centre
Location in Haryana, India
Bhor Saidan Crocodile Breeding Centre is located in India
Bhor Saidan Crocodile Breeding Centre
Bhor Saidan Crocodile Breeding Centre
Bhor Saidan Crocodile Breeding Centre (India)
Coordinates: 29°57′43″N 76°41′49″E / 29.96194°N 76.69694°E / 29.96194; 76.69694
Country India
StateHaryana
DistrictKurukshetra district
Founded byMahant
Government
 • TypeGovernment of Haryana
 • BodyForests Department, Haryana
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Websitewww.haryanaforest.gov.in

Bhor Saidan Crocodile Breeding Centre, managed by the Haryana Forests Department to captive breed and conserve the freshwater mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) native to India, is located at Bhor Saidan village on Kurukshetra-Pehowa Road in Kurukshetra district of Haryana in India.[1] It is 13 km from the old Kurukshetra Bus Stand and 22 km from the new Kurukshetra Bus Stand in sector 10.

It is one of such 4 crocodile breeding centres in India, other two rated as top most success crocodile breeding centres by National Geographic Society are the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust (breeds all 3 native crocodile species of India - freshwater muggers, freshwater gharials and salt water crocodiles) and the Kukrail Gharial Rehabilitation Centre at Lucknow (breeds only freshwater gharials), and other being Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary.

Chhilchhila Wildlife Sanctuary is 10 km to the south between Nikatpura and Sarsa.

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