A video has emerged from Swaziland showing a game reserve manager rescuing a Nile crocodile which had become trapped in an irrigation channel.

The rescue is far from easy and the game reserve manager has several near misses.

At one point, as he tries to tie the reptile's snout, it breaks free and thrashes wildly.

Releasing the crocodile proves tricky too as it doesn't want to leave the back of a pick up truck.

Eventually, however, the crocodile slides off the back of the vehicle and into a lake.

"I am sure that there will be plenty criticism of my techniques but this was my first crocodile rescue call out and there wasn’t time to go digging through old Steve Irwin videos," the filmer wrote online.

The video was taken by Tal Fineberg the Game Reserve Manager of a small game reserve in Swaziland called Mbuluzi Game Reserve
The video shows select moments of his first ever crocodile (crocodylus niloticus) rescue. The animal was trapped in an irrigation canal that was being drained for maintenance.
It was rescued and released into Mbuluzi Game Reserve in Swaziland. It did end up with a couple of very minor scratches but other than that seemed fine on release and has since been seen doing very well.
I am sure that there will be plenty criticism of my techniques but this was my first crocodile rescue call out and there wasn’t time to go digging through Youtube for some old Steve Erwin videos.
Not everything went all that smoothly and it took a few failed attempts to subdue it. This video basically shows only the success!
There were some close moments but I don’t feel I took any too serious risks.
Thank you to the staff at Tambankulu Estates for not harming the animal and rather assisting to capture and relocate it.
www.mbuluzi.com