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A six-feet-long female saltwater crocodile which had earlier strayed into a pond in a village in close proximity to Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district was rescued and released into the wild on Sunday, official sources informed.
The reptile had been roaming in Endalapur village for more than two weeks. Some locals informed the forest officials, who later rescued it from the pond.
"Forest personnel managed to net and rope it after a two-hour-long exercise. Later it was released in the wild. The reptile did not cause any harm either to humans or domesticated animals," the range officer of the national park, ...