Crocodile Breeding Centre, Kurukshetra

Bhor Saidan Crocodile Breeding Centre, managed by the Haryana Forests Department to captive breed and conserve the freshwater mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) native to India, is located at Bhor Saidan village on Kurukshetra-Pehowa Road in Kurukshetra district of Haryana in India.

CITES, a multilateral treaty for protecting endangered plants and animals, lists crocodiles under Appendix-I of species threatened with extinction.

[19] From 2010 to 2016, 7 escaped crocodiles were caught in 6 years including 4 from the pond of Mukimpura and 3 from the SYL canal siphon 11 km from Bhor Saidan between Dabkheri and Jyotisar.

[20] In June 2019, a 12-feet mugger was caught from Dabkheri SYL canal siphon by Haryana Forests Department with the help of nets, after its sightings had sparked the fears of man-crocodile conflict.

In 2015, Forests Department, Haryana launched a scheme for individuals, organizations and corporations to adopt animals in state's zoos and breeding centres, including at Bhor Saidan Crocodile Center.

[22][23] This scheme has found no takers due to the poor management and lack of follow up efforts by the Haryana Forests Department.

[3] Since 2004, citing the overcrowding as a reason the caretakers at Bhor Saidan Crocodile Breeding Centre have stopped the external intervention for conservation e.g. artificial incubation of the eggs.

[26] Whereas mismanaged Bhor Saidan, which compared to MCBT has double the land size with very low human activity, has only 32 crocodiles belonging to only 1 species and rarely sees visitors due to the poor infrastructure and lack of long-term integrated conservation strategy.

A crocodile-like Makara as Varuna 's animal vehicle.
Makara Sculpture at Jain Museum, Khajuraho .
Mugger crocodile.