Crocodiles Starving to Death as Owner's Assets Frozen

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Crocodiles Starving to Death as Owner's Assets Frozen
Nov 3, 2015 11:20 AM ET // by Noe Leiva, AFP

More than 10,000 crocodiles are starving to death on a farm in Honduras after the wealthy family owning them had their assets frozen because of US accusations they laundered money for drug traffickers.

AFP journalists visiting the 30-hectare (70-acre) property called Cocodrilos Continental, in San Manuel near the city of San Pedro Sula, also saw seven scrawny lions kept in cages.

"The crocodiles and lions are dying of hunger, and we are too because we haven't been paid the last two weeks," said one worker at the entrance to the farm who asked to go by the pseudonym Jose. "Forty animals have already died. They were taken away in boxes by trucks to be buried," he said.

The farm is owned by the Rosenthal family, a powerful clan in Honduras with interests spanning banking, media, property, tourism, livestock and agriculture.

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[Bucky]

1. and here we are in this country with an excess of unwanted stray puppies

and kittens

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Duzie. NT

[jtuck004]

5. Just so you know, you son of a bitch, I am laying here with my dog of 12 1/2 years dying of

renal failure.

So I don't find your fucking answer funny. Not a god damn bit.

[jberryhill]

6. My dog passed away three weeks ago from a similar cause

The weird thing is that piece of my brain that says "time to walk the dog", or "did I remember to get dog food".

And then I realize she's gone.

The comment is perfectly funny.

It is not about you or your dog.

[Reter]

9. Oh pipe down

It was an obvious joke. I laughed.

[geek tragedy]

10. Sorry for what you and your dog are going through.

We watched our beloved cat get devoured by cancer a few years back. I remember slapping the floor in anger/despair.

[geek tragedy]

3. mature crocodiles eat once per week, on average, but can go much longer than that.

Baby crocs may need to eat longer than that, but there's a reason why the vast majority die before leaving infancy.

Keeping in mind that every single croc there is destined to be a watch band, belt, or handbag.

[Sunlei]

7. The wealthy owner was arrested in miami, so those 3 employees better use plan two. eat the crocs

Feed crocs to the lions and let the rescue take the big cats away.

Three farm employees who refused to give their names told AFP they were thinking of looking for jobs elsewhere because they haven't been paid beyond the second week of October.

But if they did so, they warned, people living nearby would likely rush in to grab the crocodiles to eat.



When that happened here in the USA (a wealthy banker had a large herd of starving race horses) he blamed the help!

[IronLionZion]

8. I think I know what to do with anyone captured from ISIS.

I would not want to go near starving crocodiles.

But if hungry locals want to eat the crocs, then why not?

[jmowreader]

11. Is he keeping the crocs in individual enclosures?

Crocodilians have NO problem with eating each other. I'm kinda surprised these guys haven't been slurping each other down.