Tag Archives: Crocodile

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) said Tuesday that it had captured a 4.5-meter-long crocodile that mauled several people at a landing site in Ntoroko District in the Western Region of the country. UWA said in a statement that the crocodile was captured from the shores …

    Katwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Katwe neighboring lake Edward in Kasese district are abandoning rearing of domestic animals over rampant crocodile attacks. The residents say they now live in fear because the crocodiles appear on the shorelines at different intervals during the day waiting for animals …

Kaberamaido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA has agreed to compensate the family of Simon Okello, the teenager who was attacked and killed by a crocodile at Okile landing site in Kaberamaido district early this month. The 14 year old pupil of primary four in Okile-Kobulubulu Primary School …

Kiryandongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A crocodile has reportedly killed a 35 year old man at Murchison Falls National Park in Kiryandongo district. Simon Okumu,  a resident of Okwece village in Karuma town council went missing on Saturday after he went fishing on River Nile, 10 kilometers South of the …

Kaberamaido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Okile sub county in Kaberamaido district are searching for the body of a 14-year- old boy they suspect to be a victim of a crocodile attack. The teenager only identified as Okello disappeared when he went fishing at Okile landing site on Sunday …

Namayingo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A body of a 13-year-old girl has been retrieved from the lake in Namayingo district where she was attacked and killed by a crocodile on Friday. It is reported that the child, Juliet Nakyaki from Bumera C village in Mutumba sub county had gone to …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | XINHUA | A 23-year-old man was seriously wounded by a crocodile after a two-hour fight in Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania’s Nkasi district of Rukwa region, an official said on Saturday. Said Mtanda, Nkasi district commissioner, said the crocodile attacked the man identified as Thomas …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Mayuge district on Sunday recovered some body parts of a 16-year-old who was killed by a crocodile on Thursday. Shafiq Watangwa, a primary six pupil at Musubi primary school in Musubi village, Bukatube sub county, Mayuge district had gone swimming with his …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A fisherman has been eaten by a crocodile from the shoreline of Lake Kyoga in Nakasongola district. The deceased has been identified as Abbas Zziwa, a fisherman at Kibuye landing site in Lwampanga sub-county in Nakasongola district. It’s reported that Zziwa met his death …

Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP | Wildlife authorities in Zimbabwe shot dead a large crocodile that strayed into the northern town of Hwange and blocked entry to a hospital, an official said Thursday. The crocodile took up position outside the main gate to St Patrick’s hospital and charged at anyone trying …