Dramatic footage shows how a 15ft long crocodile was caught with a goat meat fishing trap just four days after it savaged a local fisherman. <br /><br />Coastguards began hunting the 500kg reptile on Tuesday (December 5) after the mutilated body of Cornelio Bonite, 33, was found on a river bank in the Palawan region, Philippines. <br /><br />The victim’s right arm and left foot were missing - a hall mark sign that he had suffered a horrific death in the jaws of a crocodile.<br /><br />Officials have confirmed that the captured saltwater crocodile is the one that killed Cornelio.<br /><br />They have nicknamed the croc 'Singko', the name of the village where it was caught.<br /><br />Local government said in a statement: ''Wildlife authorities here can confirm that 'Singko' is the crocodile that attacked and killed a fisherman recently in Balabac town, southern Palawan.''<br /><br />Salvador Guion, crocodile hunting expert and chief of the technical section of the Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center (PWRCC), said the male saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) Singko is ''100% the accidental attacker'' of fisherman Cornelio Bonete who was killed on November 28. <br /><br />Footage taken by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shows the epic hunt to catch the beast.
