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300 Crocodiles Killed in Revenge for Fatal Attack

300 Crocodiles Killed in Revenge for Fatal Attack
(Dreamstime)

Monday, 16 July 2018 10:23 AM EDT

Nearly 300 crocodiles were slaughtered by Indonesian villagers using knives, hammers and clubs in revenge for the death of a man killed by a croc at a breeding farm.

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 Manullang.

Manullang said the farm had been given a license 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 license holders need to secure surrounding areas," said Manullang.

He said his agency was coordinating with police in their investigation.

"Crocodiles are god's creatures that need to be protected too," Manullang said. 

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Nearly 300 crocodiles were slaughtered by Indonesian villagers using knives, hammers and clubs in revenge for the death of a man killed by a croc at a breeding farm.
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Monday, 16 July 2018 10:23 AM
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