Croc gives jitters in TN hamlet

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 13:58 [IST]

Tiruchirapalli, Mar 5 (UNI) Residents of the Kaikatti Village, a sleepy hamlet on the banks of 'Pullambadi Vaikkal' of this district, had an unexpected and awesome visitor--a crocodile--early today.

The reptile was found crawling in the village inviting a large number of curious on lookers.

However, two youths --Ramesh and Balakrishnan--managed to lasso the crocodile with great difficulty and handed it over to Forest Department.

The crocodile was kept in the Kilikkoodu Crocodile Farm at Grand Anaicut in Thanjavur.

UNI

Topics: WILDLIFE-TN-CROCODILE

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