Costa Ricans carry a crocodile captured during the traditional Good Friday crocodile hunt near Ortega, Costa Rica, Friday, April 6, 2007. The inhabitants of Ortega have captured a crocodile on Good Friday for its curative properties for more than 150 years.(AP Photo/Kent Gilbert)
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Tico croc tradition
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Hi TICO, do you have a special "crocodile hunt" season ?
Hi Tico;
Sorry for not being 'nice'...
I am really AGAINST crocodile hunt, seal hunt, wale hunt, wild animal hunt, bullfights, and so on, and so on, and so on.........!
(and everyday I eat less meat, just in case someone mentions beef, pork, chicken...)
Greetings from Lisbon/Portugal.
I.
(11.00 am)
How did the crocodile hunt come to be associated with Good Friday?
Please explain what they do with the crocodile. Do they kill the animal?
Is crocodile a native food as well as a curative?
We have an annual rattlesnake hunt in Texas. It controls the rattlesnake population and makes a great barbeque.
Isabel: you probably misunderstood the post. This tradition does not include killing the crocodile.
After the festivites conclude the animal is released unharmed. I didn't have the opportunity to read your "not nice" posts so I won't even bother to think about them.
The crocodile is used mostly cermoniously I think, but he is not harmed at any time so don't go Greenpeace on me.
In Costa Rica sustainable development is an important part of our culture and we care very much for our ecosystems, even though there are always some who only try to profit from it (like in every country).
Akkulah: there is no crocodile hunting season in Costa Rica as far as I know. If people hunt crocodiles in Costa Rica they do it illegally.
In fact, this so called "hunt" is allowed only because the crocodile is now released unharmed and because it is a tradition over 100-years old.
Jane I'll soon post another entry on this event as I see it has creted a great deal of interest.
Hi Tico. I'm glad that the crocodile is released unharmed after the festivities.
Hi TICO;
I am glad the croc was not hurt or killed. Sorry if I misunderstood your post. In this cruel world of ours I thought something terrible would happen to the poor soul. :)
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I am the autor... I'm the one who realy deleted the post just because there were some typing mistakes in it.
Maybe our friend Shinji (the blog administrador) can still post the posts I did delete so people can see there was no more to it. :)
Thank you for the explanations.
I.
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