Many of the captive crocs in NT are either raised from hatchlings, or rehomed from farms and wild troublemakers. One of the owners said he wanted to give these misunderstood reptiles a place to ‘just live their lives out – happy, well-fed, and not worrying about getting shot at’. Well-fed?! Hope not Raja Bhaiya a.k.a. Raghuraj Pratap Singh-style? Legend goes that the MLA from Kunda, UP, fed foes to his pet crocodiles. But in NT, it’s a bit less dramatic. All that pet croc owners want is for political parties and animal activists to understand that while one can’t ‘spend many nights… watching TV, snuggling with your 4½ m crocodile’, there’s ‘still that emotional attachment’. With its impressive jawline.