Crocodiles were first sighted at the Seletar Reservoir in
December of 1988. They ___1___
been very elusive and it was only a year later that Mr Ong, a
shopkeeper, ___2___
son and a friend managed to catch it with a net. They created a
din to lure the female crocodile out of ___3___
hiding place near the river bank and drove it
___4___ the net. Mr Ong
was immediately a hero and ___5___
granted special permission to keep the reptile. He ___6___
decided to give the 93 kilograms crocodile away to a crocodile
farm. He ___7___
earlier expressed his wish to sell it for a profit but decided ___8___
that because it is female and can reproduce. It did not seem
right to sell it ___9___
slaughter. Mr Ong thinks a crocodile farm is the best place for
it to be in ___10___ there
will be people there who know how to take care of it. |