Ahmedabad zoo crocodile comes to Chennai

Chennai: After nearly a four hour journey an eight foot long female Tomistoma crocodile weighing 85 kg that was airlifted from Ahmedabad zoo landed in Chennai on Friday, under an animal exchange programme.
The reptile meant for the Madras Crocodile Bank, packed in a wooden crate which had provisions for breathing, was loaded in the cargo portion of a scheduled Air India aircraft IC-982 at Ahmedabad around 7.50 a.m.
Around 11.30 a.m. the aircraft landed at the Chennai airport and it was taken to a remote parking bay from where the crate with the crocodile was shifted to a trolley. Then it was brought to the domestic cargo delivery section of the Air India at Meenambakkam where it was handed over to the Crocodile Bank authorities.
17/04/10 The Hindu

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