Aussie presenter to help long-suffering croc

Tyre-some ordeal: The crocodile with the tyre stuck around its neck in central Sulawesi. — Reuters

JAKARTA: Australian presenter Matthew Nicolas Wright and fellow crocodile observer Chris Wilson have officially joined the Central Sulawesi Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA Central Sulawesi) to assist in the rescue of a wild crocodile that has had a motorcycle tyre stuck around its neck for years in the Palu River.

The participation of the two Australians is based on a decree issued by the Environment and Forestry Ministry on Monday to BKSDA Central Sulawesi, into whose operational control the crocodile rescue team has been entrusted.