{"id":14819,"date":"2019-04-19T01:55:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T23:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=14819"},"modified":"2020-02-08T13:36:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T11:36:29","slug":"crocodile-culture-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=14819","title":{"rendered":"Crocodile culture in China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto credit: Khamis\nkillei John (South Sudan) &#8211; Review: Abdel Rahman El\nGamal (Founder of the website)\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inserted pictures\nshow specimens of crocodiles cultured in a crocodile farm. In this particular\nfacility, the culture of crocodiles is done for research purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It may worth noting\nthat the possible escapee of crocodiles from the farms to the wild represented\nalways environmental threats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Wocomo Wild life, the largest\ncrocodile farm in China hosts more than 5000 crocodiles and is located in\nYunnan (Honghe Prefecture). In fact, the hot weather along with good water\nquality are supporting the farming of crocodiles in these regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the beginning, crocodile farming which took place in China,\nThailand, Cambodia and other countries targeted the trade of their skins which\nare the valuable products. Afterwards, crocodile meat began to be consumed and displayed\nin stores and offered in restaurants. In fact, China and Hong Kong are the main importers of crocodile meat.\n\nIn addition to skin and meat, Other crocodile parts are also utilized as pharmaceuticals and in traditional medicines.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"461\" data-attachment-id=\"14818\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=14818\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Crocodiles-in-China-02.png?fit=1143%2C703&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1143,703\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Crocodiles in China 02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Crocodiles-in-China-02.png?fit=750%2C461&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Crocodiles-in-China-02-1024x630.png?resize=750%2C461\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Crocodiles-in-China-02.png?resize=1024%2C630&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Crocodiles-in-China-02.png?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Crocodiles-in-China-02.png?resize=768%2C472&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Crocodiles-in-China-02.png?w=1143&amp;ssl=1 1143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"497\" data-attachment-id=\"14817\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=14817\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Crocodiles-in-China-01.png?fit=952%2C631&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"952,631\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Crocodiles in China 01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Crocodiles-in-China-01.png?fit=750%2C497&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Crocodiles-in-China-01.png?resize=750%2C497\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Crocodiles-in-China-01.png?w=952&amp;ssl=1 952w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Crocodiles-in-China-01.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Crocodiles-in-China-01.png?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo credit: Khamis killei John (South Sudan) &#8211; Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted pictures show specimens of crocodiles cultured in a crocodile farm. In this particular facility, the culture of crocodiles is done for research purposes. It may worth noting that the possible escapee of crocodiles from the farms &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=14819\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[359,291,293],"tags":[4963,6873,6875,6874,7054],"class_list":["post-14819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aquaculture-and-artisanal-fishery-global-information-sharing","category-gallery-2","category-photos","tag-china","tag-crocodile-farming","tag-crocodile-meat","tag-crocodile-skin","tag-possible-environmental-threats","item-wrap"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1NIq6-3R1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14820,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14819\/revisions\/14820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}