Sabah rangers kill 'giant' croc after it devoured a cow


KOTA KINABALU: Sabah wildlife rangers shot dead a "giant" crocodile suspected of preying on cattle in the Felda Sahabat plantation in the Tungku area of Sabah's east coast Lahad Datu.

The 4.42m crocodile was killed after Sabah Wildlife Department rangers were called in by a farmer who reported that a crocodile had attacked one of his cows on Monday (Oct 18), Lahad Datu wildlife officer Silvester Saimin said Thursday (Oct 24).

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