PRAYA - The Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province, together with Bali Reptile Rescue and residents managed to catch a 4 meter long crocodile that had been troubling the community in Bangkat Parak Village, Pujut District, Central Lombok Regency.
The crocodile's arrest went viral after its video spread on social media and became a spectacle for local residents.
"Yes, he has been arrested, the location is in the Sungai Desa of Burang Parak, Pujut District," said the Head of the Mandalika Regional Police, Iptu Kadek Suhendra, quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, May 7.
Meanwhile, Babinsa of Burang Parak Village, Sertu Ahmad Arifin said the crocodile's arrest was carried out together with the NTB BKSDA and the Bali BKSDA as well as the local community on Saturday night at 19.00 WITA.
"A crocodile with a length of four meters has been caught," he said.
He said that the appearance of a crocodile that had shocked the residents of Burang Parak Village had gone viral, because its appearance was unexpected. It also happened once a year during the rainy season and in 2016 the crocodile also appeared in the same place.
"However, at that time we as Babinsa and the local village government carried out various efforts to install appeals along the Arung Arung River to avoid unwanted things," he said.
However, these concerns arose and had to be arrested, because the crocodile had reportedly claimed lives. So that the Pangkat Parak Village government collaborated and coordinated with the NTB and Bali Natural Resources Conservation Center to arrest and evacuate the crocodile to a captivity in Mataram, NTB.
"Buaya yang ditangkap dievakuasi oleh tim BKSDA ke pusat konservasi di Mataram, Nusa Tenggara Barat," katanya.
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Hopefully, there will be no more crocodiles that appear in the Tarung Arung River, so that residents' unrest and fear of crocodiles will not drag on.
"Hopefully no other crocodiles will appear," he said.*
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