Chennai zoo found that hotel's loud music stressed Cuban crocodile to death; Know more

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One of the endangered aminals are Cuban crocodiles; they are surely on the red alarm. Recently, as per the reports, one crocodile is found dead. "This is really too much!" said Romulus Whitaker, a conservationist and one of the founders of the reptile zoo where it died.

Whitaker said the the animal that died at the Madras Crocodile Bank on March 30 was female, and part of a critical breeding group." Now, if you wonder what may killed it, Romulus Whitaker says there is no doubt in his mind. He blames "another roaring event" at a nearby hotel, the Sheraton Grand Chennai Resort & Spa. Vibrations from the bass music caused stress, he said, adding that "there are precedents to this from the zoo community abroad".

The Madras Crocodile Bank tagged the hotel in its Facebook statement, but there was no immediate comment on the Sheraton page. Now, Whitaker says he is shattered by the loss of the Cuban crocodile.

"The animal had been healthy, had fed recently, and had no injuries or history of sickness," he explained, adding that the zoo was lucky the lone male in the breeding group had not been killed.

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