Animal rights group urges gov’t to free captured crocodile
09/11/2011An animal rights group urged the government yesterday to free what is thought to be the world’s largest crocodile in captivity, even though it allegedly killed two people.
The monster 21-foot (6.4-meter) male saltwater crocodile was placed in a penned pond after it was caught in a remote southern creek on Sept. 3, with officials planning to use it as a tourist attraction once it adapts to its cage.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) senior Asia-Pacific campaigner Ashley Fruno said that despite suspicion it is a man-eater, the reptile was better off being returned to the wild, away from human settlements.
“(The government) should do the compassionate thing and order this crocodile to be returned to his natural habitat, as taking him away to be locked up in an animal prison is just plain wrong,” she wrote to AFP..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110911nat1.html
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