Three arrested after police tipped off about animals thought to have been bound for restaurants to become exotic dishes Chinese police have rescued 3,600 smuggled crocodiles they believe were en route to dining tables in southern Guangdong province. The creatures – which measured up to 1.7 metres long and together weighed 16 tonnes – were intercepted in Guangxi Zhuang region, close to the border with Vietnam, state news agency Xinhua reported. Siamese crocodiles are endangered in the wild, although they have been bred in captivity successfully

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