A sculpture of Hong Kong's celebrity crocodile Pui Pui stands proud at the entrance to her home in the Wetland Park in Tin Shui Wai - the product of a 30-year-old felled tree.
Created in the likeness of the city's star croc, it took veteran artisan Ching Tat-man 12 days to craft.
'It's definitely one of my best pieces,' said Ching, an artisan of 23 years at the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.
He took a week to find a log of the right shape; the branches became the croc's tail and feet.
Pui Pui's sculpture is one of dozens of pieces of woodwork that the department's artisans fashion out of recycled wood every year.
At the department's workshop in Tai Tong Country Park, Yuen Long, the artisans make and refurbish 100 to 200 wooden signboards, arbours, benches and other pieces each year. About 20 per cent are made from dumped wood, senior country parks officer Ngar Yuen-ngor said.