{"id":322816,"date":"2021-03-04T14:47:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T13:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=322816"},"modified":"2021-03-04T14:53:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T13:53:49","slug":"dozens-of-crocodiles-escape-south-african-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=322816","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of crocodiles escape South African farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-1549136\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"description\" wp_automatic_readability=\"61.240105540897\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_945887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-945887\" style=\"width:412px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-945887 size-full jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"Dozens of crocodiles escape South African farm\" width=\"412\" height=\"322\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-24-at-12.17.32-e1519476557110.png?resize=412%2C322&amp;is-pending-load=1#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/data:image\/gif;base64,https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-945887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An unknown number of crocodiles are on the loose after they escaped from a breeding farm in South Africa, conservation officials said on Thursday.<br \/>\nThe juvenile crocodiles, which measure between 1.2 metres and 1.5 metres, escaped through a farm\u2019s meshed wire fence near the town of Bonnivale in Western Cape Province on Wednesday.<br \/>\n<!-- between content ad --><br \/>\nPetro van Rhyn, spokesperson for provincial conservation body Cape Nature, told dpa.<br \/>\nCape Nature has warned residents to stay clear of the nearby Bree River until all of the predators have been captured.<br \/>\n\u201cObviously, they are very dangerous. These are wild animals even though they\u2019ve been in captivity.<br \/>\n\u201c People must not approach them and stay clear of the river until all are captured,\u2019\u2019 van Rhyn said.<br \/>\nCape Nature, together with the owner of the breeding farm, surrounding land owners and the police have launched a massive hunt for the reptiles, the spokesperson said.<br \/>\nSo far, 27 crocodiles have been found, while a yet unknown number of others are still at large, she added.<br \/>\nDPA<br \/>\n<strong> <\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unknown number of crocodiles are on the loose after they escaped from a breeding farm in South Africa, conservation officials said on Thursday. The juvenile crocodiles, which measure between 1.2 metres and 1.5 metres, escaped through a farm\u2019s meshed wire fence near the town of Bonnivale in Western Cape Province on Wednesday. Petro van [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":322817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[16436,354],"class_list":["post-322816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-crocodile","tag-south-africa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/322817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}