15,000 crocodiles escape from South African farm with one discovered wandering into a school
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | January 24, 2013 21:45
Locals have been warned to stay indoors after 15,000 fearsome Nile crocodiles escaped from a crocodile farm in north eastSouth Africa.
The huge group of fearsome crocs escaped from Rakwena Crocodile Farm on Sunday after abnormally heavy rains caused the nearbyLimpoporiver to rise.
The farm’s owners were forced to open the reptiles’ permeable pens in order to allow the rising flood water to drain away before it crushed the normally secure structure.
Unfortunately, however, opening the pen gates resulted in the farm’s entire 15,000 strong herd of fearsome Nile Crocodiles escaping.
The reptiles have since been spotted all over the local area – including in a school.
Rakwena’s Zane Langman toldSouth Africa’s Afrikaans language Beeld newspaper that he recaptures the animals whenever he is alerted to one.
He said he had already caught ‘a few thousand’ in the dense bush and orange groves next to his farm, but he told the newspaper that ‘more than half’ of his reptiles are still missing.
Nile Crocodiles are meat eating and can grow to up to five metres long. They can run at up to eight miles an hour and swim at up to 22 mph.
Commercial crocodile farms breed the animals for their skin, which is used to make crocodile leather for items such as belts, shoes and handbags.
Facebook
Tweet This
RSS Feed
Email This Post
Loading ...
