Ten crocodiles living in captivity at the Vinh City central park, the biggest of its kind in Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam have been relocated to a local private zoo in Dien Chau District for further management.

The relocation was conducted by Trung Long JSC, the park’s operator, in collaboration with the provincial forest management bureau, Nguyen Van Thang, director of the company, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Tuesday.

These 10 crocodiles come in various sizes, with the largest one weighing nearly 100 kilograms.

The forest management bureau’s employees attached each of the crocodiles with a chip in order to monitor them remotely after handing them over to the private zoo, which is eligible to take care of and keep the animals in captivity, Thang said.

The aging cage that housed the crocodiles at the park will be demolished.

Located at a prime location in the provincial capital city of Vinh, the 26-hectare park, which opened to the public in June 2005, was home to a dozen animal species, such as monkeys and crocodiles, to serve visitors.

Only 10 crocodiles remained at the park, with its 100-square-meter cage aging and surrounded by a stained, rusty wire fence measuring over 1.5 meters high, with parts of the fence in bad condition.

Local inhabitants and visitors to the park expressed their concern over a broken wall connecting the ground with the fence at the crocodile cage.

In 2019, Trung Long Company sought authorities’ approval to release the crocodiles into the wild but failed.

The company spends over VND10 million (US$404.77) per month buying feed for the crocodiles.

After the relocation of these crocodiles, the park will no longer keep any animals in captivity.

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