Croc Caught!

Score one for the Agricultural and Fisheries Conservation Department.

One of its traps has snared Wile E. Crocodile, otherwise known as the elusive Yuen Long crocodile.

Since it was first spotted in the foul waters of the Shan Pui River, the reptile has captivated Hong Kongers, confounded experts, eluded hunters, embarrassed officials, hibernated through the winter and stayed out of sight.

Channel News Asia reports:

TV images showed the writhing reptile being carried away from its watery home in a large net by two men before being thrown into the back of a waiting truck.

... the animal had been taken to a quarantine centre ... it will then be transferred to the nearby Kadoorie Farm nature reserve until a permanent home is found for it in a wetland nature park.

I hope they don't send it to the mainland; that animal is a star.

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