Hundreds of crocodiles abandoned on farms ate each other after months of starvation.
The British Daily Star reported on the 6th (local time) that only about 100 of the 190 crocodiles trapped on a farm in Songkhla Province in southern Thailand have eaten each other or died of starvation.
The crocodiles, which were bred for crocodile skin products, were left unattended after the owner who managed the farm died last year. A few crocodiles escaped the fence during the rainy season and caused a commotion, but most were left inside the farm for months.
The crocodiles isolated in cages died because of lack of food, and the crocodiles living in the common breeding grounds began to eat each other. According to the results of an investigation by the Songkla Province Fisheries Agency, it is not difficult to find the remains of crocodiles that have been eaten and crocodile carcasses rotting whole in a puddle at the farm in question, which is covered with lush vines and grass.
The number of crocodiles, which were estimated at 190 on the 27th of last month, has decreased to about 100 in a few months, said Pirat Tangsukcharoenkun, a legal officer at the State Fisheries Service. The circumstances under which he was hired were revealed. The anonymous farmer who managed the crocodiles in their lifetime raised the baby crocodile for two years and then took off the skin.
The Thai government contacted the private company for follow-up measures against the crocodiles. However, the company is known to have denied that the crocodiles belonged to the owner of the farm, which was legally deceased, and that they did not have ownership of the crocodiles.
The mayor of Sirawit Suwanno is concerned that the hungry crocodiles will escape and cause loss of life. According to Chief Sirawit, there have been at least four escapes from the farm so far, and each time several starving crocodiles have been released into the pond and terrorized the locals.
Source: Donga
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