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Between 1998 and 2007, this country and a northern neighbor experienced attacks from a goonch catfish. A Scottish botanist who worked extensively in this (10[1])modern-day country, William Roxburgh, coined the scientific name of an aquatic animal locally known by the sound it makes: “susu.” A brown-antlered subspecies of Eld’s Deer called the sangai (10[1])is native to a park on this country built atop floating islands. (10[1])The oldest national park in this country is named after an author who described hunting “the Bachelor” in Man-Eaters of Kumaon. (10[1])That author, Jim Corbett, (-5[2])hunted an animal along this (10[1])country’s northern border (10[1])with the most confirmed human fatalities (10[1])in history. (10[1])This country’s (10[1])government released 25,000 flesh-eating turtles into one of its rivers to address the problem (10[2])of corpse pollution. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this country that is cleaning the environment (10[1])of a long-snouted (10[1])dolphin in the Ganga (10[1])River (10[1])Plan. (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: India [or Republic of India; or Bhārat Gaṇarājya] (The susu is the Ganges river dolphin. The sangai inhabits Keibul Lamjao National Park in Manipur. Corbett hunted Champawat, a Bengal tigress that killed over 400 people.)
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