A 13-foot-long crocodile was rescued from a farm in Sainik Takali village of Shirol taluka in Kolhapur on Thursday night after the residents informed wildlife activists.The activists rescued the crocodile at around 3am on Friday and handed over it to the forest department officials."The crocodile was spotted by two youths returning home from work. They were passing the Khidrapur road along the field of Vankore family on Thursday night, when they noticed the reptile. They raised an alarm and called the Sainik Takali villager," said a senior forest department official.The villagers passed on information to the forest officials. The crocodile was later released in the Krishna river , the forest department official said."The continuous rainfall in the western part of the district has raised water level of the river, leading to a rise in the stream flowing into the Panchganga at Sainik Takali village. The reptile might have ventured into the stream and strayed into the field. We are trying to find out when the reptile managed to enter in the field," an official said.

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