An injured juvenile crocodile found wandering on the roadside was rescued by the forest department and released after treatment.The Terai East forest division, Dauli range officer Anil Joshi said that a young crocodile came out of a canal and was spotted wandering by the road in Bandiya Kichha village. On being informed by the villagers, a departmental rescue team reached the site and captured the animal which was found to have a metal fishing hook stuck in its mouth. The crocodile was taken to the veterinary medical college in Pantnagar university where veterinarians managed to extract the metal hook after an hour of efforts.
After treatment the young crocodile was released in the Daura dam reservoir in Kichha.