Indonesian Government Offers Reward for Removing Tire from Crocodile's Neck, Event Canceled Due to Lack of Participants
As the saying goes, 'Where there's a will, there's a way.' Recently, the Wildlife Protection Department of Palu City, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, publicly offered a bounty, inviting brave individuals to remove a motorcycle tire from the neck of a crocodile. As a result, the bounty notice was posted for a period of time, but still no one dared to take the risk of registering. Local authorities reluctantly canceled the bounty activity.
According to the British 'Daily Mail' report on February 4, there is a critically endangered Siamese crocodile in Palu City, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, with a motorcycle tire wrapped around its neck. In order to save this rare Siamese crocodile, the local government began offering a bounty to brave individuals since the beginning of the year. Last week, this bounty activity once again topped Indonesian media headlines, but still no one accepted the challenge. According to local media reports, the Wildlife Protection Department did not disclose the specific bounty amount, but the head of the Wildlife Protection Department promised that if someone completed the task, he would personally pay the bounty.
According to reports, since 2016, people have found a motorcycle tire wrapped around the neck of the Siamese crocodile. In 2018, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, experienced a strong earthquake and tsunami, causing huge casualties, but the crocodile miraculously survived.
Later, local officials and wildlife protection experts also worried that as the Siamese crocodile grew larger, the tire around its neck would become tighter and eventually threaten its life. However, experts have tried various rescue methods for many years, but so far they have not been able to remove the tire from the crocodile's neck. In 2018, 'Animal Speaker' Muhammad Pangi attempted to lure the crocodile onto land with chicken meat to remove the tire, but ultimately failed. Finally, local authorities had to resort to offering a bounty to brave individuals, but no one registered.
In addition, according to media reports, although the head of the Natural Resources Protection Agency of South Sulawesi Province, Hasmuni Hasmarl, has announced the cancellation of the bounty activity, the Indonesian Environmental Protection Department will dispatch an expert team to guide how to rescue the Siamese crocodile.
