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Antara Foto / Olha Mulalinda / via REUTERS
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian villagers armed with knives, hammers and clubs slaughtered 292 crocodiles to avenge the death of a man killed by a crocodile on a farm, a senior official said.
Photographs published by the Antara News Agency showed bloody carcasses of crocodiles in a large pile in Sorong District, in the Indonesian province of West Papua.
The head of the Indonesian Natural Resources Conservation Agency in West Papua said that the 48-year-old victim had entered the crocodile farm and was probably picking grass to feed the animals when She was attacked.
"An employee heard someone scream for help, he quickly went over there and saw a crocodile attack someone," Basar Manullang said in a statement.
Antara Foto / Olha Mulalinda / via REUTERS
After the burial of the man Saturday, the villagers entered the farm and killed all the crocodiles, said Manullang.
Manullang said that the farm was licensed for the breeding of protected salt water and New Guinea crocodiles in 2013 for preservation and also for harvesting some of the animals.
But one of the conditions was that reptiles did not disturb the community, he said.
"To prevent this from happening again, farm license holders must secure the surrounding areas," said Manullang. He said his agency was coordinating with the police in their investigation.
"Crocodiles are the creatures of God who need to be protected too," Manullang said.
