- Five employees at a nickel smelter on Sulawesi island turned the animal into soup after posing with it in pictures and a video that went viral
- Environmental workers say mining activity has damaged wildlife habitats in the region, forcing animals into contact with humans
Five Chinese workers at a nickel smelter on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island are facing up to five years in prison after they killed a crocodile and prepared it as soup, according to a local conservation authority.
Their acts were captured in photographs and a video that later went viral, prompting the Southeast Sulawesi Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA) to take legal action against the miners, who were deemed to have violated Indonesian law as crocodiles are a protected animal.
The crocodile was caught by locals on Wednesday after it was found in a weak condition in a drain near the nickel smelter, which is run by Obsidian Stainless Steel (OSS).
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