A man named redikartinata, 38 years old, in the southern coastal district of West Sumatra, was reportedly eaten by a crocodile during the incident.
As is Redy’s son named
Niko alvendinata, 11 years old, sees history firsthand.
His father became a victim of the crocodile’s ferocity.
The head of the emergency and logistics BPBD for Pesisir Selatan district, Defri Siswandi, said that previously the father and son were fishing in the Muara Sakai river, which is in Nagari Teluk Ampalu, Pajung Sol District, Pesisir Selatan Regency.
After fishing, the victim decided to take a bath in the river, which resulted in the victim being eaten by a crocodile.
The victim had asked his son for soap to bathe.
While the victim was busy bathing, the crocodile came and immediately pounced on him. So far, the victim has not been found.
The joint team from the BPBD and the community are still trying to find the whereabouts of the victims.
Crocodile incident into residential areas.
It also happened again in Kumpay Batu Bawah village, West Kotawaringin district. The crocodile managed to enter residents’ settlements when the flood subdued the village.
Residents who were worried finally reported the discovery to the Natural Resources Conservation Center or BKSDA, Pangkalan Bun area.
Quoting from Garda animaliacom.
BKSDA has set traps to catch the crocodiles with fishing rods and snares.
Regional BKSDA staff
Pangkalan Bun, young yulifan, said the location of the crocodile’s appearance was behind a resident’s house near a chicken coop which was flooded on Wednesday, September 28 local time. The crocodile evacuation process by BKSDA also involved local residents, according to him.
For the past few days, residents have been working hand in hand to patrol Malang residents, monitoring the crocodile’s movements as well as keeping an eye on pets.
They quoted from the West Kalimantan bksda website.
In recent years, conflicts between humans and crocodiles have often occurred.
They estimate the trigger for the release of crocodiles from their natural habitat.
Indicates its habitat has begun to be threatened or damaged.
This makes crocodiles enter the area around residential areas.
This frequent conflict creates negative perceptions of crocodiles.
As a result, many crocodiles are killed by human hands.
Apart from that, according to the BKSDA of West Kalimantan, the brand is the activity of local residents
Catching fish
Using fishing gear that is not environmentally friendly has led to an increase in the level of crocodile awareness in nature.
The response is that if crocodiles feel disturbed, they will attack humans.
Of course this is also one of the factors causing human-crocodile conflict.
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