GSPCA and Wildlife SOS caught 5.5 feet crocodile from artificial pond

Volunteers of GSPCA and Wildlife SOS rescued a 5.5 feet crocodile from a construction site near Kalali road in Vadodara. It took around seven hours for the team of ten volunteers to catch the crocodile from the artificial pond and hand over to the forest department.

During this time of the year especially in monsoons, crocodiles stray inside residential areas, ponds and lakes in and outside Vadodara city. On Monday Gujarat SPCA and Wildlife SOS Chief Raj Bhavsar got a call from the construction site near Kalali talsat road about presence of crocodile inside a artificial pound.

Raj Bhavsar with his team inspected the place and found a crocodile in the pit and began the rescue work. “The crocodile is believed to be 5.5 feet long but the pound was filled with rain water and it’s difficult work. We used water pump to take out water from the pond and after some time as water level dropped we decided to go inside with a big net. 10 volunteers and I entered into the pond but found difficulty as the bottom was full of mud. But we carried on with the rescue work and after seven hours starting from 10 in the morning managed to catch the crocodile,” said Bhavsar.

The crocodile was safely rescued and handed over to forest department. It will be later released in it’s natural habitat by the department.