{"id":109511,"date":"2020-02-10T10:38:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T08:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=109511"},"modified":"2020-02-10T10:38:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T08:38:28","slug":"motorists-find-tied-crocodile-n4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2020\/02\/10\/motorists-find-tied-crocodile-n4\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorists find tied up crocodile on N4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to TRAC media spokesperson, Solange Soares, the crocodile was found on Saturday at the Arnot off-ramp.<br \/>\nThe crocodile&#8217;s mouth was taped shut and its legs were tied and a motorist loaded it into their vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second incident this year where a crocodile was found along the N4.<\/p>\n<p>An article was published by the <em>Witbank News<\/em>, after a motorist drove over a crocodile on 7 January at the Ogies off-ramp.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/witbanknews.co.za\/143492\/croc-n4-highway-causes-confusion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Croc on N4 highway causes confusion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The motorist stopped his vehicle after feeling a bump and when he exited his vehicle to investigate, he found a tied up crocodile on the highway.<\/p>\n<p>In a media inquiry, both the Herpetological Association as well as the Loskop Nature Reserve stated that they were not informed about the finding of the crocodile.<br \/>\nWith two tied up crocodiles found within a month apart, speculations arose of the possibility of animal smuggling.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists are urged to contact the Herpetological Association should they come across such instances so that the animals can be safely removed and kept in a safe environment and so that the necessary investigations can be made into these incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Victor Boshoff, chairman of the Herpetological Association, can be contacted at 082 697 9954.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRAC was alerted of an unusual surprise after motorists spotted a crocodile on the N4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":109469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Sjani Campher","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[23222,23221,23220,23223,10010,12898,23224,10333],"class_list":["post-109511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-animal-smuggling","tag-crocodile-found-at-arnot-off-ramp","tag-crocodile-found-on-n4","tag-herpertological-association","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-smuggling-suspected-after-crocodile-was-found-on-n4","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["animal smuggling","crocodile found at Arnot off-ramp","crocodile found on N4","herpertological association","local news","middelburg news","smuggling suspected after crocodile was found on N4","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}