Officers from India's Forestry Department were called to a village in Telangana state to remove a large wild crocodile which had wandered onto a farm.

Agricultural workers from Wanaparthy spotted the reptile on April 23rd and, concerned for their safety, called in the experts.

Footage showed the rescuers lassoing the snapping crocodile's snout and then pulling it out of a canal close to the farmer's fields.

The croc was released soon afterwards in a nearby dam.