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India Proposes Using Crocodiles and Venomous Snakes to ‘Fence’ Border with Bangladesh
Indian officials have proposed a controversial plan to release apex predators like crocodiles and venomous snakes along the border with Bangladesh to deter illegal migration and smuggling, instead of building fences in difficult terrain. Human rights and wildlife conservation activists have expressed alarm, warning of ecological disruption and danger to local communities. The plan echoes past proposals in the U.S. and has no modern precedent.