{"id":771669,"date":"2019-12-26T08:07:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T08:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/26\/crocodile-shot-to-free-zookeepers-hand-from-its-jaws\/"},"modified":"2019-12-26T08:07:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T08:07:17","slug":"crocodile-shot-to-free-zookeepers-hand-from-its-jaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/26\/crocodile-shot-to-free-zookeepers-hand-from-its-jaws\/","title":{"rendered":"Crocodile shot to free zookeeper&#8217;s hand from its jaws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/112373500.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-more-body\" data-reactid=\".zau1y4opum.1.e.0.0.0.5.1\"><!--sse--><!-- C-ON- TEXT_CONTENT_START --><\/p>\n<p>Vienna &#8211; A\u00a0crocodile that had trapped a zookeeper&#8217;s hand between its teeth was shot to death in Switzerland, the director of Zurich Zoo said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on Monday when the female keeper was trying to clean the animal&#8217;s enclosure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As she removed the male Philippine crocodile from the area, it snapped her hand and did not let it go for several minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The zoo therefore decided to kill the animal, which was 1.5 metres long and weighed around 15 kilograms, director Alex Ruebel told Swiss news agency Keystone-SDA.<\/p>\n<p>The woman was still in hospital on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".zau1y4opum.0.1d\">!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {\n                        if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function() {\n                           n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                        fbq('init', '794201197427829');\n                        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                           <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".zau1y4opum.1.4\">(function(d, s, id) {\n                    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n                    js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n                    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\" id=\"facebook-jssdk\" async=\"\" data-reactid=\".zau1y4opum.1.u\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vienna &#8211; A\u00a0crocodile that had trapped a zookeeper&#8217;s hand between its teeth was shot to death in Switzerland, the director of Zurich Zoo said on Wednesday. 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