Dozens of crocodiles that escaped a flooded Chinese farm have all been recaptured, state media reported on Tuesday, a week after the reptilian runaways wriggled free. More than 70 reptiles escaped from a commercial crocodile farm in the southern Chinese city of Maoming earlier this month after Typhoon "Haikui" inundated the area. Authorities in southern Guangdong province launched an expansive hunt, with state broadcaster China Central Television running footage of workers in rain boots dragging a crocodile out of the water with a rope.

Over 70 escaped crocodiles recaptured in China. (2023, September 20). The Manila Times, p. B6.