{"id":78046,"date":"2026-08-20T22:18:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=78046"},"modified":"2026-08-20T22:18:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:18:59","slug":"water-activities-at-pandan-reservoir-suspended-after-crocodile-sighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=78046","title":{"rendered":"Water activities at Pandan Reservoir suspended after crocodile sighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>PREVIOUS SIGHTINGS<\/h2>\n<p>There have been several crocodile sightings in Singapore waters this year.<\/p>\n<p>In May, another estuarine crocodile was caught and put down after being spotted off Sentosa Cove. This decision was made due to public safety considerations and a lack of relocation options, NParks said then.<\/p>\n<p>In late January, another crocodile was also<span> spotted<\/span> in the waters off Sentosa Cove, prompting a <span>week-long suspension<\/span> of water activities at Sentosa&#8217;s Siloso, Palawan and Tanjong beaches.<\/p>\n<p>Should one encounter an estuarine crocodile, <span>they should stay calm and back away, and not approach, provoke, or feed the animal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Members of the public should also heed the warning signs and advisory notices in the vicinity of areas where crocodiles have been sighted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One may also contact NParks at 1800-476-1600 or PUB at 1800-2255-782 to report an encounter.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/crocodile-sighting-pandan-reservoir-water-activities-suspended-6331411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PREVIOUS SIGHTINGS There have been several crocodile sightings in Singapore waters this year. In May, another estuarine crocodile was caught and put down after being&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--Vc5l8oHD--\/c_crop,h_900,w_1600,x_0,y_103\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/04\/30\/4_wildlife_4a_encountering_20wildlife_estuarine_20crocodile_201_bryanlim.jpg?itok=J4YqmKeB","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[19232,350,5250,14584,16399,2509,203],"class_list":["post-78046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-activities","tag-crocodile","tag-pandan","tag-reservoir","tag-sighting","tag-suspended","tag-water","wpcat-2-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/78047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}