Seekor buaya liar yang terjerat ban bekas sepeda motor berjemur diatas pasir di Kawasan Wisata Pantai Teluk Palu, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia, Minggu (25/2/2018). Buaya yang telah terjerat ban sejak tahun 2016 itu hingga kini belum berhasil diselamatkan, meski berbagai upaya penyelamatan telah dilakukan oleh sejumlah pihak diantaranya Balai Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam (BKSDA) Sulawesi Tengah dan sejumlah buaya yang semakin membesar dan kondisi ban yang semakin menjepit dikhawatirkan akan mengancam nyawa satwa itu.


A crocodile with a motorcycle tire mounted on the neck when it appears on the surface of water in a river in Palu, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, January 3, 2017. Residents suspect that the tire is waste dumped into the river and ended up trapped in the crocodile's neck. Conditions that have taken place since 20 September 2016, but until now the relief efforts of the crocodile was not possible due to limitations of equipment and experts. It is feared, it would threaten the safety of the crocodile which is one of the animals are protected by the Indonesian government. PHOTOS Mohamad Hamzah


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Keywords: animal, central, crocodile, forest, indonesia, macaca, monkey, palu, sulawesi, tonkeana