Misconceptions make life dangerous for China's mlld-mannered reptiles

Last year, three men in Wuhu, a city in the eastern province of Anhui, were given suspended prison sentences for killing a Chinese alligator.

The reptile was one of 92 farm-raised alligators which escaped when heavy floods hit the area in July 2016.

While officials and farm workers were attempting to capture the escaped reptiles, which are classified as an endangered species, the three men, surnamed Wei, Liu and Wang, discovered one on land near the farm.