The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust (MCBT) has told the Madras High Court that the Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, established with the assistance of Reliance Industries Limited, in Gujarat has world-class facilities to house around 1,000 crocodiles on 15 acres, out of the total area of 425 acres, earmarked for the reptiles.
In a counter affidavit filed before Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice N. Mala, who were seized of a public interest litigation petition against transferring the crocodiles from Tamil Nadu to Gujarat, the MCBT said that transferring the surplus crocodiles from one facility to another was in the best interest of the reptiles.
