Crocodile egg collecting is becoming a business for those living in the riverine areas of Kenya. Clearly this is not an easy job, but it is not even considered poaching because it takes a regular license to trade the eggs and the trade itself is carried out on the basis that there is great demand for crocodiles in reptile parks and in some particular lodges and reserves that for various reasons are becoming underpopulated with these specimens.
In short, as a report in the Daily Nation newspaper describes, crocodile "egg hunters" are the primary protectors of the animals, as their livelihood depends on their survival and that of their eggs.
The ability to track down crocodile spawning sites on the Tana River, the most flourishing place for this activity, has been handed down from generation to generation. First of all it is necessary to know the territory and understand where the crocodiles find their ideal environment to lay, then it is also possible to create ad hoc places, thinning the nearby brush and facilitating their path, leading the crocodiles themselves to choose them and prefer them to those they should create themselves. Another precaution to be used is to guard newly laid eggs because other animal species, including monitor lizards, are greedy for eggs before they hatch.
Obviously, the most attention should be paid to the voracious predator, which may be roaming the area. 
Crocodiles usually come out to lay eggs in November, December and January.
They move a few dozen feet away from the riverbed and dig a hole. They then lay their eggs and cover them with soil and trash before returning to the water.
To ensure an easy harvest, hunters prepare the laying ground for the crocodiles by clearing brush near the river to create an open space for them to lay their eggs.
An adult crocodile can lay up to 60 eggs each season, juveniles 25 to 40.
A crocodile egg sells for between 50 and 100 shillings.
A skilled egg collector, capable of bringing them to safety at the right time, can earn up to 60,000 shillings (about 500 euros) per season.
Once the demand for crocodiles was higher and the earnings had led many farmers in the Tana River area to build artificial nests and think of buying incubators for mass production, lately, also for the known problems of pandemic and decline in tourism, this profession that is legitimized by the Kenya Wildlife Service that performs checks cyclically to check the validity of licenses and methodology of work, is likely to disappear. Perhaps no one will notice the extinction of crocodiles, animals that also create problems for humans, but they too are a species to be protected, like hippos that remain the number one killer of humans in Africa.