{"id":282450,"date":"2026-05-10T00:02:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T18:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=282450"},"modified":"2026-05-10T00:02:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T18:32:53","slug":"critically-endangered-gharial-spotted-in-knp-after-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/critically-endangered-gharial-spotted-in-knp-after-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Critically endangered gharial spotted in KNP after years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>GUWAHATI, 9 May:<\/strong> The critically endangered gharial has been spotted in the Kaziranga National Park [KNP] after the reptile was long believed to have disappeared from Assam&#8217;s river systems, officials said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They said the sighting was a testimony to the conservation efforts undertaken in the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The gharial is a critically endangered South Asian crocodilian species known for its exceptionally long and slender snout and fish-based diet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Once believed to have disappeared from Assam&#8217;s river systems, the critically endangered gharial has now been spotted at Kaziranga, a truly remarkable moment for wildlife conservation,&#8221; the chief minister&#8217;s office (CMO) said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The CMO also shared an 18-second video clip showing the reptile in a waterbody, filmed from a motor-powered boat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;For tourists and forest officials alike, this was more than just a rare sighting. It was a powerful reminder of Assam&#8217;s extraordinary biodiversity and the silent success of sustained conservation efforts across our forests, wetlands and rivers,&#8221; the CMO said. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GUWAHATI, 9 May: The critically endangered gharial has been spotted in the Kaziranga National Park [KNP] after the reptile was long believed to have disappeared from Assam&#8217;s river systems, officials said on Saturday. They said the sighting was a testimony to the conservation efforts undertaken in the state. The gharial is a critically endangered South [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-282450","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-north-east"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282451,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282450\/revisions\/282451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}