Captivity and display īunawan made Lolong the centerpiece of an ecotourism park for species found in the marshlands near the township. He died of a heart attack several days before the crocodile was captured. After weeks of stalking, the hunt for Lolong took its toll on Coñate's health. The crocodile was named after Ernesto "Lolong" Goloran Coñate as one of the veteran crocodile hunters from the Palawan Crocodile and Wildlife Reservation Center, who led the hunt. But, in an ongoing debate, Bunawan mayor Edwin "Cox" Elorde and residents of the barangay opposed the crocodile's release, arguing that Lolong would threaten individuals living in the vicinity of the creek. The nongovernmental organization activist Animal Kingdom Foundation Inc., with the cooperation of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, had urged the local government of Bunawan to return Lolong to the creek of barangay Nueva Era, where the giant reptile was captured. In the examination of the stomach contents after his capture, no remnants of water buffaloes reported missing before Lolong's capture were found, nor human remains. He was also the primary suspect in the disappearance of water buffaloes in the known area. Lolong was suspected of eating a fisherman who went missing in the town of Bunawan, and also of consuming a 12-year-old girl whose head was discovered two years earlier. He was estimated to be at least 50 years old. He became aggressive at several points during the capture, and twice broke restraining ropes before eventually being properly secured. Hunted over a period of three weeks, it took around 100 people to bring him onto land. He was captured with the joint cooperation of the local government unit, residents, and crocodile hunters of Palawan. Lolong was caught in a Bunawan creek in the province of Agusan del Sur in the Philippines on 3 September 2011. Lolong died on 10 February 2013 from pneumonia and cardiac arrest.
In November 2011, Australian crocodile expert Adam Britton of National Geographic sedated and measured Lolong in his enclosure and confirmed him as the world's largest crocodile ever caught and placed in captivity. He was a saltwater crocodile ( Crocodylus porosus) measured at 6.17 m (20 ft 3 in), and weighed 1,075 kg (2,370 lb), making him one of the largest crocodiles ever measured from snout-to-tail. Lolong (died 10 February 2013) was the largest crocodile in captivity. Guinness World Record "world's largest crocodile in captivity" National Museum of Natural History, Manila For the TV series produced by GMA Network, see Lolong (TV series). This article is about individual crocodile in the Philippines.
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