In the early 1970s, as India stood at the crossroads of ecological reckoning, the tiger’s roar became a rallying cry for wildlife conservation with the launch of Project Tiger in 1973. But another ancient predator, one that had silently ruled India’s rivers and estuaries for millennia, was teetering on the edge of extinction. The crocodile — once a symbol of primal strength —was fast disappearing from its natural habitats.
