Hong Kong's celebrated runaway crocodile has been captured alive, the government said on Thursday, ending an eight-month saga that saw it elude even the world's most respected crocodile hunter.
The 1,5m reptile, which mysteriously appeared in November, is believed to have wandered into one of the many traps and cages laid to catch the beast.
"The crocodile has been caught," a spokesperson for the government's agriculture, fisheries and conservation department said.
The spokesperson could not confirm how the animal had been caught but reports on local cable TV said it had wandered into a trap.
The crocodile hit the headlines when it was first sighted in a muddy, polluted ditch in the suburban New Territories in November.
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It became a celebrity when it evaded the efforts of celebrated Australian crocodile hunter John Lever, who had been brought in especially to catch the reptile.
Since then it has been frequently spotted on the banks of the filthy waterway, occasionally wandering close to nearby homes, raising fears it would attack residents.
Crocodiles are not native to Hong Kong and it is believed it either escaped from a farm in nearby China or was a pet that was discarded when it grew too large. - Sapa-AFP
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