Nov 082013
Original story by Emilie Gramenz, ABC News
A three-metre crocodile found in the Mary River near Maryborough, is settling into its new home in central Queensland.
Staff at Koorana Crocodile Farm, near Rockhampton, spent several hours this morning confirming its gender and releasing it from a cage into a pen.
It is the first wild croc the farm’s taken in two decades.
Adam Lever from Koorana says releasing a wild animal is always tough.
“Of course you’ve got 66 teeth and a hell of a lot of power coming down in those jaws,” he said.
“Pretty much what you’ve got to do is keep safety in the front of your head.
“We have a cage that we can lift the crocodile over the top of the fence, we take one of the slings off the back, and we slowly release her out of the back of the cage.”
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