Crocodile spotted in Hong Kong village, sparking hunt for rare reptile
2023.04.30 16:44Hong Kong conservation officers are rushing to capture a rare one-metre crocodile spotted at a village in New Territories on Sunday afternoon.The reptile was discovered by a resident of Lin Fa Tei, a village in Pat Heung in the northwestern part of the city, who saw it near her neighbour’s house and reported it to the police at 12.53pm.Officers from the Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) were called to the scene to inspect and capture the crocodile, measuring one metre (three feet). Policemen had sealed off the area and were awaiting officers’ arrival when the Post reporter arrived at 4pm.In November 2003, a 1.5-metre and 14kg (30lbs) female saltwater crocodile, aged about four, was sighted by a villager along a creek off the Shan Pui River.This mysterious crocodile was caught in Hong Kong’s countrysideIt became a global media sensation as it evaded hunters, including Australian crocodile hunter John Lever and mainland Chinese crocodile experts, fo
Hong Kong conservation officers are rushing to capture a rare one-metre crocodile spotted at a village in New Territories on Sunday afternoon.
The reptile was discovered by a resident of Lin Fa Tei, a village in Pat Heung in the northwestern part of the city, who saw it near her neighbour’s house and reported it to the police at 12.53pm.
Officers from the Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) were called to the scene to inspect and capture the crocodile, measuring one metre (three feet). Policemen had sealed off the area and were awaiting officers’ arrival when the Post reporter arrived at 4pm.
In November 2003, a 1.5-metre and 14kg (30lbs) female saltwater crocodile, aged about four, was sighted by a villager along a creek off the Shan Pui River.
This mysterious crocodile was caught in Hong Kong’s countryside
It became a global media sensation as it evaded hunters, including Australian crocodile hunter John Lever and mainland Chinese crocodile experts, for seven months before being captured by the AFCD in June 2004.
It was later named Pui Pui after a contest and sent to Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden. It then moved to Wetland Park in Tin Shui Wai in August 2006.
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