Crocodile captured near Kanekal village, shifted to safety

Forest Department staff captured a crocodile from a tank in Kanekal village in Yadgir district late on Sunday night in an operation that lasted 16 hours.

Deputy Range Forest Officer Bhimashankar Ganapur said that it took them 16 hours to capture the crocodile which has now been shifted to a safer place.

The residents of Kanekal village panicked after the crocodile was sighted when some of them went to the riverbanks to wash clothes, while others took their livestock for watering.

“On being alerted, the Forest Department staff launched the operation at 6 a.m. on Sunday and captured the animal by 10 p.m. the same day,” Mr. Ganapur said.

He also appealed to the residents of villages on the riverbanks to immediately alert them in case of sighting crocodiles.

Forest Department staff Shravankumar Hosmath, Somayya, Vishwaradhya, fisherman Bhagappa, villagers Sureshgouda Biradar Patil, Malluhouda Police Patil and others were involved in the operation.