The Associated Press (AP) reports that a motorbike tire that had been stuck on a wild crocodile’s neck for at least six years has finally been removed.
Tili, a 35-year-old Isn bird watcher, managed to free the 14.8-foot saltwater crocodile from the tire after weeks of attempting and earlier unsuccessful attempts.
Residents of Palu, a city on the Isn island of Sulsi, had become accustomed to the female crocodile. The enormous reptile even garnered notice on a global scale, inspiring Assin “Outback Wrangler” star Matthew Wright to make an unsuccessful attempt to set it free.
Tili, who had just relocated to Palu, was made aware of the renowned, tire-wearing crocodile by his neighbors at the beginning of January. He said he was committed to saving it.
Tili set up a tap along a river with ropes and used chickens, ducks, and other birds as bait. Tili and two friends threw the tire three weeks later after the crocodile eviscerated it.
After six years of being discovered with a tire around its neck, the crocodile was finally captured.Hunters and a wildlife conservation organization assisted in the animal’s release back into the wild.
It is unknown how the crocodile became trapped in the tire. According to conservationists, it might have been permanently attached to the animal in an unsuccessful attempt to capture it as a pet or for its skin. Another possibility is that the crocodile didn’t get stuck in the tire while swimming in garbage-filled water.
