Later gator: Chinese villagers ‘kill, cook and eat’ one of 92 escapee alligators from flood-hit farm
One of the 92 alligators that escaped from captivity after July’s heavy rains flooded a Chinese farm is believed to have been captured, cooked – and eaten – by local residents, mainland media report.
Police in the city of Wuhu, in Anhui province, have arrested six people on suspicion of illegally poaching and killing the Chinese alligator, a type that is protected by national wildlife protection laws, Dajiang Evening Post reported.
A short video – which went viral after being published online – showing the one-metre-long alligator being boiled in a cooking pot had alerted local police, the report said.
One of the six people reportedly involved in cooking the alligator had turned himself in to police, saying he found the escaped alligator in a grass area on July 5 and, after killing it, took it to a restaurant owned by his friends, the report said.
