Thousands of Crocodile Release and still do Search

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa KOMPAS.com-Police on Friday (01/25/2013), launched a massive operation to recapture thousands of crocodiles that escaped from a crocodile farm in Rakwena located in northern South Africa, Sunday.

This operation should be able to catch as many passes crocodile farms hit by floods earlier.

AFP news agency quoted South African police spokesman Hangwani Mulaudzi said the operation in large crocodiles that escaped capture is to ensure that all the crocodile had been resolved so no need to worry.

"About 1,000 crocodiles have been captured," said Mulaudzi.

Local media reports, about half of the 15,000 crocodile farm escaped the rain that causes floods hit the region's farms. This crocodile farm owner escaped after forcing open the farm gate to prevent the brunt of water that destroyed the farm.

If this condition occurs, the crocodiles were going to spread wider and far that re-arrest operations will be more difficult and more dangerous for outsiders.

"So far there is no a buayapun in the city until last night," said Mulaudzi.

This escapes alligator was found near a city center in Musina pembelanjanan as far as 120 kilometers from the farm.

South African disaster managers dilibatkandalam operations while emphasizing that caution over the possibility of an attack by these crocodiles. This message is especially for the soldiers who were deployed to the location of the possible existence of these crocodiles.

"It's not something we worry about," said a spokesman for the National Disaster Agency, Diektseng Diale. "The hunt for the crocodile is like the movie Crocodile Dundee," he related to the 1986 comedy film of the popular relating to hunting crocodiles in Australia.

Hunting is done mainly at night because crocodiles eyes emit light when the lamp is highlighted. Alligator Farm spokesman Zane Langman told local television ENCA said most crocodile escaped is still small, so easily grown by the team.

"The majority of 2.5 meters or less in length. Kepunggungnya So we usually jump and catch it. However larger crocodiles need techniques to catch them.

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