One was slaughtered and sold, and the last two escaped crocodiles from Guangdong fell: one died and was buried
On September 20th, the CCTV reporter learned from the Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Maonan District, Maoming City, Guangdong Province that on September 11th, a crocodile breeding farm in Maonan District, Maoming City collapsed due to continuous rainfall, causing some crocodiles to swim out. After the incident, more than 6600 emergency response personnel from local public security, armed forces, emergency response, firefighting, agriculture and rural areas, water management, towns, villages, and professional capture teams were on site for emergency response. As of around 23:50 on September 16th, local authorities have captured 69 crocodiles, and the remaining 2 adult crocodiles have not been found.
It is understood that the farmer stated to the public security department that the original number of crocodiles in the farm was 71, including 69 adult crocodiles and 2 juvenile crocodiles, all of which were Siamese crocodiles.
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At 0:30 on September 19th, the local public security department once again inquired about the situation of the remaining two adult crocodiles at the crocodile breeding farm. One of the crocodiles was found dead by the farm's staff in September 2022, and the dead crocodile was dragged to the wooden forest near the crocodile pond for burial. Subsequently, the public security organs dug up a pair of crocodile bones at the location where the employees reported burying the dead crocodile. After on-site inspection by experts, it has been confirmed that it is a crocodile skeleton and has been sealed in accordance with the law.
Another crocodile, after investigation by the public security department, was found to be in poor mental condition by the staff of the farm on December 27, 2021. The staff slaughtered the crocodile and sold some of its meat. The crocodile head was frozen and preserved. The public security department has extracted relevant WeChat conversation records of the night when the crocodile was slaughtered, as well as video recordings of the scene where the crocodile was slaughtered, for preservation. They have also taken frozen bodies of the crocodile head and some crocodile feet from the employee's home for sealing and evidence collection.
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As of the evening of September 19th, after investigation and verification by local departments, all 71 crocodiles in the aquaculture farm have been found in this incident. Throughout the disposal process, there have been no incidents of crocodile injuries.