JAKARTA – A group of villagers armed with knives, hammers and clubs has slaughtered almost 300 crocodiles in revenge for the death of a man killed by a reptile at a breeding farm in Indonesia.
The attack happened last week when the angry mob stormed a local animal sanctuary to avenge a local man’s death.
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.
Killing a protected species in Indonesia can result in a fine or even a prison sentence. Local police said they could not stop the slaughter but may now press charges against those responsible.
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.
After the burial of the man on Saturday, villagers entered the farm and killed all the crocodiles, said Manullang.
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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.
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“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.
