Riga Municipal Police spokeswoman Inese Timane told BNS that the police received a call at 8 a.m. When policemen arrived, they found the crocodile there, just as described. Food and Veterinary Service representatives were present and their years of specialist training confirmed that it was indeed stuffed and therefore no cause for alarm.
Food and Veterinary Service spokeswoman Solveiga Smiltene told BNS that somebody must have left it as a joke, taking the stuffed animal out of the garbage container. The stuffed animal was described as being "in a very poor state."
Veterinary service experts took the crocked croc to the Nature Protection Board to see whether it is possible to restore it and place it on display in a museum.
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