Crocodile Breeding Centre, Kurukshetra

The Bhor Saidan Crocodile Breeding Centre is located 22 km from Kurukshetra and 13 km from Thanesar at Bhor Saidan village, also spelled as Bhour Saidan or Bhoor Saiydan, on the Kurukshetra-Pehowa road near Bhureeshwar Temple, one of the pilgrimage sites in Kurukshetra in the Indian state of Haryana.Bhor Saidan village, sitting on an ancient archeological mound of Painted Grey Ware culture ).jpg|thumb|left}250px|Mugger crocodilePainted Grey Ware culture]]The centre comprises a wild pond that is used to rear Indian Mugger crocodiles . The Crocodile Breeding Centre has 10 male, 4 female and 10 young Mugger crocodiles.Escape of CrocodilesAround mid 1980s, several crocodiles escaped from the Bhor Saidan Crocodile Farm and nearby Saraswati drain and several villages have now become the habitat of escaped stray crocodiles that are caught from time to time in the nearby villages such as Mukimpura and Dabkoli.Crocodile adoptionIn 2015, Forests Department, Haryana launched a scheme for individuals, organizataions and coporates to adopt animals in state's zoos and breeding centres, including at Bhor Saidan Crocodile Center.IssuesSince crocodiles have 100+ years life-span and breeding centre lacks infrastructure to cater for large population of crocodiles, overcrowding is a problem. As a result, caretakers have stopped the external intervention e.g. artificial incubation of the eggs. Though female crocodiles eat the weak youngs and this keeps the population under control.