4 Meter Crocodile Suspected Of Human Predator In Selagan River Mukomuko Subdued In The Hands Of The Magician

Illustration-(Photo: DOK ANTARA)

BENGKULU - A crocodile about four meters long suspected of being a human predator was caught by a handler on the Selagan River, Tanah Rekah Village, Mukomuko Regency, Bengkulu Province.

"A crocodile was caught by the handler at around 19.30 WIB," said Mukomuko City Head, Ali Nasri in his statement at Mukomuko, Antara, Thursday, March 10.

The Bengkulu Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA), through the Mukomuko Resort, previously set traps to catch crocodiles that had preyed on residents of Tanah Rekah Village to death in the Selagan River, Mukomuko City District.

He stated that the crocodile was not in the cage installed by the BKSDA, but the handler. Furthermore, his party is still waiting for the BKSDA to pick up the crocodile.

For the time being, BKSDA has not been able to confirm whether the captured crocodile is a crocodile that preyed on the victim, a resident of Tanah Rekah Village, Mukomuko City District.

According to the handler's statement, he said, there were about 10 large crocodiles in the Selagan River and it was planned that all the crocodiles would be caught by the handler.

He said that four villages and one sub-district had independently hired a handler from the West Sumatra region to catch crocodiles that preyed on residents of Tanah Rekah Village.

Meanwhile, residents of five villages in this area previously asked the Natural Resources Conservation Center to evacuate crocodiles that prey on humans in the Selagan River.

A total of five villages asked the BKSDA to evacuate crocodiles in the Selagan River, namely Teras Terunjam Village, Pondok Kopi Village, Pondok Batu Village, Tanah Rekah Village, and Koto Jaya Village.

A total of five villages spread over two sub-districts in this area are located on the Selagan River and some residents in this area work to find lokan and fish in this river.

Since Sabri (65), a resident of Tanah Rekah Village, Mukomuko City District, was preyed upon by crocodiles, there are no longer residents who carry out activities in this river.