Tonight the owners of Caribbean Shrimp Ltd. in the Ladyville area have confirmed the January 2021 escape of two of their crocodiles. That's 16 foot Big George as well as a 12-foot long female, who has since been recaptured.
Farm management has confirmed that the crocs managed to dig their way out of their enclosures in the aftermath of the unprecedented rains, flooding, and resulting erosion of 2020.
A while it's just becoming public knowledge, a farm manager told us that the Forestry Department and the ACES Crocodile Rescue organization were informed from when the escape first happened.
So far there's been strong evidence, in the form of paw prints and track marks, that the animal remains on the 260-acre farm property but is not easily visible as it is in its natural mangrove forest habitat.
Still, George's movements continue to be tracked and personnel at Caribbean Shrimp Ltd. are constantly looking for ways to entice him back into the enclosure. That's for his safety as well as the public's because crocs like George are endangered so it is illegal to catch or kill them.
Now, the advice to everyone who visits the property, staff and guests alike, is to be cautious around areas thought to be inhabited by George as well as numerous wild crocs, this includes the mangrove forest lining the coastal areas.
George's owners at the shrimp farm say they hope to get him back by setting a culvert trap to safely contain him. But that won't be easy, crocs are quite intelligent and it could take a while to figure out George's travel patterns as he moves about on the farm.
