Residents of a Mulund housing society received an unexpected visitor recently—a nine-foot-long Indian marsh crocodile. Thanks to the swift efforts of the Forest Department and the NGO RAWW, the reptile was safely rescued and released back into the wild.
 
Pawan Sharma, Honorary Wildlife Warden of Thane and President of RAWW, shared details of the incident: “On Sunday morning, a distress call was received by the Forest Department’s control room about a large crocodile spotted near Nirmal Lifestyle in Mulund West. Joaquim Naik and Kunal Thakkar from our RAWW rescue team, working in coordination with forest officials, assessed the situation and successfully rescued the nine-foot-long Indian Marsh Crocodile.”

The nine foot Indian Mugger Crocodile