Indonesia crocodile freed from tyre after five years

Dozens of people drag 5.2-metre animal to shore and cut tyre from its neck after it was snared by bird-seller

A wild crocodile in Indonesia that was trapped in a tyre for more than five years has been rescued, freed from its rubber ring and released back into the wild.

Conservation workers have been trying to lure the stricken saltwater crocodile from a river since 2016, after residents of Palu city on Sulawesi island spotted the animal with a motorbike tyre wrapped around its neck.

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(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/08/indonesia-crocodile-freed-from-tyre-after-five-years

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