DPA
Phnom Penh - Cambodian villagers along the Mekong river were on crocodile alert after reports of sightings of a number of large reptiles near a populated area, an official said on Wednesday.
Deputy chief of the fisheries department in Kampong Cham province, about 125km from the capital, Phoung Dyna, said villagers had reported seeing three crocodiles over 1-metre long and up to half a dozen smaller specimens in the river in recent days.
"The crocodiles have not harmed any people there so far," he said. "But it is not normal for them to be seen in the river."
Wildlife officials familiar with the north-eastern province said the animals had probably escaped from one of the many crocodile farms situated in the area.
Local panic was fuelled by a New Year prediction by the Royal Palace astrologer broadcast in local media of a rash of crocodile attacks in the new Year of Pig - a forecast initially shrugged off by most Cambodians.
Deputy chief of the fisheries department in Kampong Cham province, about 125km from the capital, Phoung Dyna, said villagers had reported seeing three crocodiles over 1-metre long and up to half a dozen smaller specimens in the river in recent days.
"The crocodiles have not harmed any people there so far," he said. "But it is not normal for them to be seen in the river."
Wildlife officials familiar with the north-eastern province said the animals had probably escaped from one of the many crocodile farms situated in the area.
Local panic was fuelled by a New Year prediction by the Royal Palace astrologer broadcast in local media of a rash of crocodile attacks in the new Year of Pig - a forecast initially shrugged off by most Cambodians.
1 comment:
1 meter long crock is not large,
but can make a meal out of a 10
years old kids. Thus, keep all
baby out of the area.
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