One of the two Nile crocodiles seized from a home during Monday’s raid. The 1.7m reptile was allegedly kept without permits for more than two years.
POLICE have rescued two Nile crocodiles from a Springs home where they were allegedly kept illegally for over two years. The reptiles were found in a steel cage with a small blue pool, during a police raid.
The 1.48m and 1.7m reptiles were reportedly kept there for more than two years without the required permits, IOL reported.
Police said they found the two Nile crocodiles during a raid on Monday.
The raid was carried out with the Tshwane K9 unit, the Gauteng environment department, the Vereeniging Stock Theft and Endangered Species Unit, and the Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital.
