UGANDA: FIVE-METRE LONG MAN-EATING CROCODILE CAPTURED

Record ID: 285172

  • Title: UGANDA: FIVE-METRE LONG MAN-EATING CROCODILE CAPTURED
  • Date: 12th March 2005
  • Summary: (BN12) KAMPALA, UGANDA (MARCH 09, 2005)(REUTERS) 1. SCU SIGN READING 'ECOTOURS - UGANDA LTD' 0.02 2. SCU CROCODILE ON PICK UP TRUCK; GAME RANGERS LOOKING AT CROCODILE; MV RANGER POURING WATER ON CROCODILE TO COOL IT; MV RANGERS AND CROCODILE 0.50 3. CLOSEUP OF TEETH; CLOSEUP OF EYE 1.06 (BN12) BUWANA, UGANDA (MARCH 07, 2005)(REUTERS) 4. SLV PAN UGANDA CROCODILE LIMITED FARM; SCU PAN GIANT CROCODILE IN A POND AT THE FARM; SCU ZOOM OUT OTHER CROCODILES AT THE FARM 1.45 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th March 2005 13:00
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  • Location: KAMPALA AND BUWAMA, UGANDA
  • Country: Uganda
  • Reuters ID: LVA1K46VVU5MDAARVLDGBDIYN4KE
  • Story Text: Uganda captures five metre-long, man-eating
    crocodile.

    A five metre-long (16 foot) crocodile said to have
    eaten more than 80 people has been caught alive in Uganda
    and transferred to a sanctuary, officials said on Tuesday
    (March 8, 2005).

    The giant beast, weighing about a tonne, was
    captured by wildlife experts who spent three nights camping
    in the bush before locating their target. Residents told
    local media the crocodile killed 83 people over the last
    two decades, mostly fishermen plying their trade in Lake
    Victoria off the shores of Bugiri district.

    Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) spokeswoman Lillian
    Nsubuga told Reuters that although the residents of Luganga
    wanted to kill the reptile after rangers had captured it,
    it is the UWA's responsibility to protect it by removing it
    from the area and keeping it in a safe place.

    The beast, reportedly more than 60 years old, was
    trapped using ropes and transferred by pick-up truck to
    Buwama crocodile farm in Mpigi district, west of the
    capital Kampala.

    The state-owned New Vision newspaper said it "roared"
    as it was released into a holding ground at the farm on
    Monday (March 7).

    Crocodiles sometimes attack and kill villagers
    collecting water or fishing in Lake Victoria, Africa's
    biggest lake.

    Experts say most attacks are triggered as humans
    getting too close, and the crocodiles are protecting their
    territory.
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