A brave Indonesian man has succeeded where far more famous rescuers have failed, and helped remove a motorbike tyre from the neck of a crocodile, where it had been stuck for six years.
The daring rescue happened in Palu city, Central Sulawesi, late on Monday 7 February.
It was carried out by 35-year-old Tili, from Central Java, after three weeks of effort. But he was not the first to attempt the feat.
Among a number of others, Australian wildlife expert and Discovery Channel presenter Matt Wright tried a similar rescue without success.
Finally Tili was able to capture the animal and, with the help of local residents, was able to bring it ashore, tie it up and saw the tyre off before releasing it.
The name Tili (35), a resident from Sragen Regency, Central Java, became the talk of the town. The reason is, he managed to defeat a crocodile wearing a tire collar in Palu City, Central Sulawesi, Monday (7/2/2022). Since its appearance in 2016, the tires wrapped around the crocodile's neck have not been released. Before Tili's arrest, a number of parties had tried to subdue the crocodile, but to no avail. Previously Matthew Nicholas alias Matt Wright, a performer in one of the programs at National Geographic, had tried to catch the crocodile wearing a tire collar. It is known, he has experience in moving wild animals into residential areas. On the mattwrght.com.au page, Matt is said to have caught dozens of crocodiles. He had twice come to Palu to try to catch the crocodile, but always failed. His efforts were to make traps measuring 4 meters long, 1.2 meters wide, and 1 meter high. The trap was installed on Bridge 2, Jalan Gusti Ngurah Rai, Palu City using one live duck as bait. However, the attempt failed. Adventurer's Banner Panji Petualang also tried to defeat the crocodile wearing the tire collar in 2018. However, at that time Panji was still having trouble determining how to catch the crocodile. "We can use fishing rods using meat bait, but if we use a hook, we fear that the crocodile's mouth will be injured." "Or I could also swim up to a pile of sand where the crocodile wearing the tire was sunbathing, then we tied it up with a rope. It's just a big risk," he said, Sunday (21/1/2018). Forrest Galante There is another, Forrest Galante, the host of the television show Extinct or Alive on Animan Planet who is trying to catch the crocodile. Forrest attempted to catch the crocodile in 2020. In doing this, he was assisted by a team from the Discovery Channel and an artificial expert named Jamal (45). However, again these efforts were fruitless. Subdued in the Hands of Men from Sragen After a number of people made arrests that failed, the crocodile with the tire collar was finally subdued by Tili, a resident of Sragen. The Tili action was carried out on the banks of the Palu River, Bridge 2, Jalan Ngurah Rai on Monday. According to the Palu Tribune, Tili has been planning to catch the crocodile for three weeks. "I really wanted to catch him out of pity. The crocodile was wrapped in tires for years," said Tili. Every afternoon, he puts bait tied to a rope into the nearby river. The other end of the rope is tied to a large log that is around the river to make it easier for him to attract the crocodile when the bait is eaten. "Sometimes the bait is pigeons, sometimes chickens," said Tili, holding the tire that had been removed from the crocodile's neck. Finally, on Monday evening, the crocodile ate the bait that Tili had placed. Tili was not alone, local residents who watched her action helped. When the crocodile was pulled ashore, Tili swiftly tied the crocodile. "Had escaped twice from the bait, after sunset it just worked," he said. Still from the Palu Tribune, Tili used her personal money to catch the crocodile. Starting from buying bait, such as chickens, pigeons to ducks. "I ran out of money around Rp. 4 million, for about 35 chickens and pigeons," he explained. In addition to bait, he also used boat ropes to ensnare the crocodile with the tire collar. "I tied the rope using a ship's rope because I didn't have any capital, so I just kept going," he added
