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Crocodile bit off part of vet's arm
April 12, 2007 12:00am
Article from: Agence France-Presse
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<!-- END Story Toolbar --><!-- Lead Content Panel -->POLICE in Taiwan were forced to shoot a crocodile after it bit off the arm of the zoo veterinarian treating it.
Dramatic television footage showed a police officer firing on the animal to wrest the severed limb from its jaws.
Chang Po-yu, 38, from the southern Kaohsiung city's Shou Shan Zoo, was injecting the sick crocodile with anaesthetic when it attacked him.
He was said to be in a stable condition after being rushed to hospital for an emergency operation to reattach his arm, an local official said, although it was not immediately clear whether Chang would recover.
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Crocodile bit off part of vet's arm
April 12, 2007 12:00am
Article from: Agence France-Presse
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<!-- END Story Toolbar --><!-- Lead Content Panel -->POLICE in Taiwan were forced to shoot a crocodile after it bit off the arm of the zoo veterinarian treating it.
Dramatic television footage showed a police officer firing on the animal to wrest the severed limb from its jaws.
Chang Po-yu, 38, from the southern Kaohsiung city's Shou Shan Zoo, was injecting the sick crocodile with anaesthetic when it attacked him.
He was said to be in a stable condition after being rushed to hospital for an emergency operation to reattach his arm, an local official said, although it was not immediately clear whether Chang would recover.
<!-- END Lead Content Panel --><!-- Sub Lead Content Panel --><!-- Image Caption ("image-lead") --><table><tbody><tr><td>Hospital ... the veterinarian is currently in a stable condition / AFP
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