Breeders lock up their crocs
Some of the 60 large crocodiles owned by a breeder in Nakhon Sawan that he has shifted from his backyard farm to a bathroom on the second floor of his house to prevent them from escaping in the rising flood that has swamped the province.
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Crocodile breeders in Nakhon Sawan are being forced to keep the reptiles locked inside their own homes for fear they could get loose in the heavy flooding and create a danger to humans and livestock.
Phairoj Thongpaen has moved 60 crocodiles from his farm to his home in tambon Khaew Yai in Muang Nakhon Sawan district. The small ones are kept in clay jars or laundry enamelware while larger ones are in a bathroom on second floor.He said the door to the bathroom was tightly nailed shut to prevent the reptiles from escaping as floodwater had reached the second floor of his home. Phairoj claimed none of his crocodiles had got loose despite the heavy flooding. "If my home doesn't collapse, no crocodiles will escape," he said. Phairoj said around 20 small crocodiles and a few large ones had died. He planned to stuff them later and sell them to collectors for Bt10,000 each. In tambon Sakae Krang in Muang Uthai Thani district, many large crocodiles measuring up to 3 metres have been relocated from the second-largest crocodile farm in the country to a safer place in tambon Nong Phai Baen that belongs to the owner of the Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm, the largest in the country.
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