Songkhla villagers on high alert after mass crocodile escape

By The Nation

 

 

An unknown number of crocodiles have escaped from a farm in Songkhla’s Singhanakorn district after a wall at their enclosure collapsed on Sunday.
 

Learning about the incident and fearing for their safety, villagers living near the farm are hunting for the animals and have killed about 20.

It is unknown how many crocodiles are still on the loose.

 

The farm is situated on five rai (0.8 hectares) of land in a swamp area in the district. The farm’s owners transferred crocodiles to a new area after the collapse, but they could not determine how many reptiles had escaped. 

 

Villagers said they had shot about 20 crocodiles, fearing the animals would attack them and their families.

 

Residents are still on alert and hunting the reptiles because the farm could not confirm whether all the crocodiles had been recaptured.

 

The most urgent concern is that the animals might populate natural water sources. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30325418

 

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Far less danger than the BiB

Hunt continues after mass croc escape

By Santiparp Ramasut 
The Nation

 

The hunt continues for five of 23 crocodiles that escaped from a Songkhla reptile farm on Sunday after a wall of their enclosure collapsed. 
 

Singha Nakhon district chief Chawakit Suwankhiri said on Friday the farm was raising 709 crocodiles in 21 ponds, two of which were enclosed by earthen berms. 

 

The animals that did not escape were moved to Chon Buri.

 

Chawakit said residents of the area had located and killed nine crocodiles and caught two alive, while employees of the farm had recaptured seven others. 

 

The district office, police and local communities have teams looking for the five crocodiles remaining at large, each about two metres long, in the surrounding mangrove forests.

 

As of press time, the farm remained closed to visitors.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30325495

 

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21 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The most urgent concern is that the animals might populate natural water sources

No doubt about it.