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Crocodile hunt: Search on for escaped reptiles in South Africa GERALD IMRAY | Associated Press   CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Police and conservation officers were searching Friday for an unknown number of young crocodiles that escaped earlier in the week from a large breeding farm in South Africa. The crocodiles are suspected to have entered the nearby Breede River after escaping Wednesday morning near the town of Bonnievale in Western Cape province, about 110 miles east of Cape Town. So far, 27 of the reptiles have been recaptured and another seven had to be euthanized, Cape Nature conservat...

It is not known how many of the reptiles remain at large. So far, 27 have been captured after they escaped from a commercial breeding farm earlier this week.

Police divers and conservation officers are searching for an unknown number of young crocodiles that escaped from a large breeding farm near a rural town in South Africa

Police and conservationists in South Africa are still looking for an "unknown" number of young crocodiles that escaped early this week from a breeding farm in Cape Winelands, a district 150km east of Cape Town.

It is not known how many of the reptiles remain at large. So far, 27 have been captured after they escaped from a commercial breeding farm earlier this week.