A 4.2-metre crocodile believed to have eaten a fisherman last month was captured alive in the Philippines.
The beast had to be tied, blindfolded and carried by more than 10 men. It's estimated to weigh 300-400 kg.
Wildlife workers have set up traps along the Rio Tuba river in an effort to find the croc that killed 36-year-old fisherman Edwin Lucero in June, according to a news release from the Philippine Information Agency.
This one was caught near where Lucero was found. It will undergo "gastric irrigation" -- the flushing out of its stomach contents, which will be analyzed to see if they contain human remains.
A 2.4-metre croc was captured late last month but was found not to contain any human tissue in its stomach.
Wildlife officials typically leave crocodiles in their natural habitat but capture the ones that cause problems. In the past 10 years, crocs have killed at least three people in the province of Palawan, where Lucero died.
Source
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2011/07/11/18403026.html
The beast had to be tied, blindfolded and carried by more than 10 men. It's estimated to weigh 300-400 kg.
Wildlife workers have set up traps along the Rio Tuba river in an effort to find the croc that killed 36-year-old fisherman Edwin Lucero in June, according to a news release from the Philippine Information Agency.
This one was caught near where Lucero was found. It will undergo "gastric irrigation" -- the flushing out of its stomach contents, which will be analyzed to see if they contain human remains.
A 2.4-metre croc was captured late last month but was found not to contain any human tissue in its stomach.
Wildlife officials typically leave crocodiles in their natural habitat but capture the ones that cause problems. In the past 10 years, crocs have killed at least three people in the province of Palawan, where Lucero died.
Source
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2011/07/11/18403026.html
