Indonesia mob kills hundreds of crocodiles after man dies
When social animal become animal
A club-and-machete wielding mob in Indonesia butchered nearly 300 crocodiles in an act of revenge after a local man was killed by one of the reptiles, authorities said Monday.
Images from the scene showed dozens of dead crocodiles lying on top of each other and covered in blood after the attack at a breeding farm in Papua province.
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From preservation to slaughter
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The revenge
"One of the crocodile farm employees... heard someone screaming for help and ran to the scene where they saw a person being mauled by a crocodile," said Basar Manullang, head of Indonesia's Natural Resources Conservation Agency in West Papua.
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Eye for an eye
But the mob was not satisfied and headed to the crocodile farm armed with clubs, knives, machetes and shovels which they used to slaughter some 292 crocs, ranging from palm-sized babies to two-metre adults, authorities said.
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No one is safe
The bloody incident highlighted the dangers of trespassing into a breeding farm and also raised concerns about its safety.
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Not the only incident
In March authorities in Borneo shot and killed a six-metre long crocodile after it ate a local palm plantation worker.
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