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MIRI: A fearsome-looking gharial is reportedly on the loose in the vicinity of a residential area in Miri and a recreational park next door.
Wildlife officials from the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) said on Wednesday (September 2) they were now looking for him at the site, about 2 km from the city center.
This follows alerts from members of the public who stumbled upon the creature, a crocodile with a long, thin snout.
The SFC’s state wildlife controller, Zolkipli Mohamad Aton, said his Miri SFC unit had been alerted.
“It’s a gharial. We have deployed our SFC rangers to the site.
“However, we are still looking and we cannot find it,” he said.
The gharial was first spotted inside a drain in the Piasau Jaya housing estate on Tuesday night and SFC received an alert via social media.
The gharial is estimated to be 2 to 3 m long from tip of snout to tail.
The urbanization is adjacent to Bulatan Park, which is a large recreation site with a huge lake.
There are large monsoon drains linking the development to the park.
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