August 17, walls of a crocodile breeding farm in Longtian town, Shantou city, Guangdong were destroyed by flood. At least 24 crocodiles have escaped and only 19 has been captured. According to the local government, no casualty has been reported, although news from Internet claimed that two people were bit.
A reporter from Nandu went to the village where the farm is located yesterday and accidentally found two crocodiles near a river, one was enjoying the sunshine and the other in the water. The reporter dialed the phone number on a warning board and about 15 minutes later two specialists came to the site. However, until the reporter left the village those two crocodiles was still at large.