Hong Kong crocodile hunt!

It's profitable because the environmentalist wackos will be more likely to contribute to a politician's campaign if they do things like that.

 

Sorry for gravedigging guys, but... They finally caught him!!!

Rogue Hong Kong crocodile bagged

An infamous crocodile that survived in Hong Kong's muddy waterways, evading capture for seven months, has finally been caught.
The 1.5m (5ft)-long reptile won notoriety by outfoxing a succession of hunters from Australia and China.

But the tide finally turned for the scourge of Hong Kong's ditches when it strayed into one of several traps.

Crocodiles are not native to Hong Kong; this specimen is believed to have begun life in a home or on a farm.

The animal has become a celebrity in the Chinese territory, known more as a concrete jungle than a haven for wildlife.

Nature reserve

It has been variously nicknamed Croc Croc Chan after the family that first spotted it last year, and Gucci, because of the local popularity of the designer's crocodile skin handbags.

"Yes, we've got it," a spokesman for the Agriculture and Fisheries Department confirmed on Thursday.

Cheung Chi-sun, a wildlife protection officer from the department, said fishermen found the saltwater croc trapped in a steel noose and secured it in their nets.

Live TV pictures showed the reptile writhing as it was carried from a dinghy and slung in the back of a truck.

Local radio said the animal had been taken to a quarantine centre, from where it would probably be taken to the Kadoorie Farm nature reserve.

The crocodile was first sighted in the polluted waterways of Hong Kong's New Territories last November.

Local media swiftly latched on to the phenomenon. The animal's profile rose as it defied the best efforts of a succession of hunters.

Australians derided the beast a "just a tiddler", and sent their best man - experienced crocodile hunter John Lever - to snap it up.

But the reptile outmanoeuvred his nightly attempts to capture it.

Then several hunters from mainland China came, but left embarrassed and empty-handed.

Tourists flocked to take its picture and locals lived in dread of falling prey to its jaws as it prowled the water's edge, living on dead fish in the dirty creeks.

Radio listeners even voted it "personality of the year".

Experts say the creature could grow to a length of eight metres (26 ft). The species to which it belongs has a record of attacks on humans.

It is thought the reptile may have been a pet set free when it grew too big - or an escapee from a crocodile farm in neighbouring China.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3793055.stm

 

That is a pretty small saltwater croc.

 

All I can say is they sorta taste like chicken, and need seasoning.