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In 2012, there were six government-accredited crocodile farms in the Philippines, of which only three CITES-registered. [9] Coral Agri-Venture Farm, a traditional farm, obtained government approval to raise crocodiles in 2000 in a 10-hectare (25-acre) site, where it breeds and raises crocodiles from hatchlings. [8] J. K.
These include the Gross Ostrich Farm in Nueva Ecija owned by Michael Gross and the Davao Crocodile Park (as the name implies, this farm also has a crocodile farm) in the Davao Region of Mindanao. [3] There is also an ostrich farm in the village of Sta. Monica in San Luis, Pampanga in Luzon. [5]
The Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis), also known as the Mindoro crocodile, the Philippine freshwater crocodile, the bukarot [4] in Ilocano, and more generally as a buwaya in most Filipino lowland cultures, [4] is one of two species of crocodiles found in the Philippines; the other is the larger saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus).
In August, a crocodile killed a 54-year-old woman as she bathed in a river on Indonesia's Maluku islands. That same month, a 63-year-old tin miner was killed by a crocodile near a river on Bangka ...
Crocodiles help maintain the balance of Philippine ecosystems such as wetlands; crocodile farming in the Philippines is also geared towards the rescue and conservation of both C. porosus and the "endangered and endemic" C. mindorensis. Crocodile farms also contribute to tourism in the Philippines and offer public education about crocodiles. [63 ...
Authorities in a southern Chinese city have launched an operation to recapture more than 70 crocodiles that escaped from a commercial farm after intense flooding swept through the region, multiple ...
A Thai crocodile farmer who goes by the nickname “Crocodile X” said he killed more than 100 critically endangered reptiles to prevent them from escaping after a typhoon damaged their enclosure.
Botolan Wildlife Farm – San Juan, Botolan, Zambales [8] Crocolandia Foundation – Biasong, Talisay, Cebu; Davao Crocodile Park – Diversion Highway, Ma-a, Davao City [9] Eden Nature Park and Resort – Toril, Davao City [10] Laguna Wildlife Park and Rescue Center – La Vista Pansol Complex, Pansol, Calamba, Laguna