Rescuing Croc with Tire Wrapped Around Neck is a Race Against Time
January 12, 2018 - It's a race against time to save a saltwater crocodile that has a tire wrapped around its neck. First spotted in 2016 on a Palu riverbank in Indonesia, the 13-foot long reptile was recently spotted again, as this footage shows. The Central Sulawesi Natural Resource Conservation Agency is coordinating rescue efforts by trying to lure the crocodile with bait but so far those attempts have been unsuccessful. Rescuers fear that if the tire is not removed soon, it will strangle the crocodile in the next few months because of its growing body.
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A saltwater crocodile that has a tire wrapped around its neck has become the center of a massive rescue effort.
The reptile was first spotted in 2016 on a Palu riverbank in Indonesia.
Now 13 feet long, the croc was recently spotted again as this footage shows.
The Central Sulawesi Natural Resource Conservation Agency is coordinating rescue efforts by trying to lure the crocodile with bait …
but so far those attempts have been unsuccessful.
Rescuers fear that if the tire is not removed soon …
it will strangle the crocodile in the next few months because of its growing body.
