SINGAPORE, Aug 6 - A crocodile, spotted earlier this week in a suburban park near a housing enclave in densely populated Singapore, has sparked a hunt by authorities.Experts told local newspapers that the one metre long (3 ft) reptile seen at Pasir Ris Park in the island's northeast is most likely a saltwater crocodile, more commonly found in neighbouring Malaysia and Indonesia.
Civil servant K.C. Wong, who was at the scene with his son, told the Straits Times newspaper: "I wanted to see the crocodile in its natural habitat before someone does something to it. After all, Singapore has so little wildlife left."
But experts urged the public to stay clear of the toothy animal.
"You just never know about wild animals," Robin Lee, manager of Singapore's Long Kuan Hung Crocodile Farm and a crocodile-hunter, told the newspaper. (Reporting by Daryl Loo; Editing by Jan Dahinten and David Fogarty)
Civil servant K.C. Wong, who was at the scene with his son, told the Straits Times newspaper: "I wanted to see the crocodile in its natural habitat before someone does something to it. After all, Singapore has so little wildlife left."
But experts urged the public to stay clear of the toothy animal.
"You just never know about wild animals," Robin Lee, manager of Singapore's Long Kuan Hung Crocodile Farm and a crocodile-hunter, told the newspaper. (Reporting by Daryl Loo; Editing by Jan Dahinten and David Fogarty)
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