INDONESIAN VILLAGERS KILL NEARLY 300 CROCODILES IN
REVENGE ATTACK
Local residents look
at the carcasses of hundreds of crocodiles from a farm after they were killed
by angry locals following the death of a
man who was killed in a crocodile attack in Sorong regency, West Papua,
Indonesia on Saturday. | Photo Credit:
ReutersAfter the burial of the man on Saturday, villagers entered the farm and
killed all the crocodiles, said Mr. Manullang.Indonesian villagers armed with
knives, hammers and clubs slaughtered 292 crocodiles in revenge for the death
of a man killed by a crocodile at a breeding farm, an official said.Photographs
released by Antara news agency showed bloodied carcasses of the crocodiles in a
large pile in the Sorong district of the eastern Indonesian province of West
Papua.The head of Indonesia's Natural Resources Conservation Agency in West
Papua said that the 48-year-old victim had entered the crocodile farm and was
likely picking grass for animal feed when he was attacked.“An employee heard
someone screaming for help, he quickly went there and saw a crocodile attacking
someone,” Basar Manullang said in a statement.After the burial of the man on
Saturday, villagers entered the farm and killed all the crocodiles, said Mr.
Manullang.
Mr. Manullang said
the farm had been given a licence to breed protected saltwater and New Guinea
crocodiles in 2013 for preservation and also to harvest some of the animals.But
one of the conditions was that the reptiles did not disturb the community, he
said.“To prevent this from happening again, farming licence holders need to
secure surrounding areas,” said Mr. Manullang.He said his agency was
coordinating with police in their investigation.“Crocodiles are god's creatures
that need to be protected too,” Mr. Manullang said.
Prof. John Kurakar
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