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The National Environment and
Planning Agency (NEPA) is encouraging the public not to capture
crocodiles when they are sighted but rather to exercise caution and to
call the Agency or the police to have the animal rescued.
This appeal comes against the
background of today’s retrieval by NEPA officials of a juvenile
crocodile in the Majestic Gardens area. It is believed that the
animal may have been removed from the Jew gully (otherwise called
“back to” gully) by residents.
Crocodiles are protected under
the Wild Life Protection Act, making it illegal to disturb, capture,
have in one’s possession or kill the animal. Persons found
contravening the law may be fined $100,000.00 or sentenced to 12
months in jail or both, at the discretion of a Resident Magistrate. |
