India crocodile park ponders its survival
India's biggest crocodile park
could soon run out of funds
Location: Vadanemmeli
It usually gets around 5 million visits a year
but no-one has been allowed in since March
and there won't be any visitors for a while yet
They only have enough money to feed the crocs
and keep going for a few more months
The park is home to over 2,000 crocodiles and alligators
and looking after them is tricky
especially with some staff stuck at home
Ticket sales account for 50% of revenue
so they have had to improvise to stay afloat
(SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR, MADRAS CROCODILE BANK TRUST, ALLWIN JESUDASAN, SAYING:
"So we are planning to increase our revenue streams from different sources. One revenue stream is the YouTube channel. Currently, we do not get a lot of revenue from our YouTube channel but going forward we are going to have a lot more videos which we think will bring in a lot more revenue."