Around 15,000 crocs escape from farm
SOUTH AFRICA: Around 15,000 crocodiles have escaped from a farm in
South Africa amid heavy rains and flooding, local daily Beeld reported
Thursday.
The predators sprung from the Rakwena Crocodile Farm in the far north
of the country when owners were forced to open the gates to prevent a
storm surge.
A number have since been recaptured, but at least half remain on the
loose, scattered far and wide. One turned up on a school rugby pitch 120
kilometres (75 miles) away. The surrounding province of Limpopo province
has been hit by serious floods which have killed 10 people and made many
more homeless. The floods have also savaged neighbouring Mozambique,
were tens of thousands of people were being evacuated from their homes.
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