Mob kill nearly 300 crocodiles in revenge

[Still Waters]

 An angry mob has slaughtered nearly 300 crocodiles in Indonesia after a local man was killed by one of the reptiles, authorities said Monday.

The revenge killing happened Saturday in Papua province following the funeral of the man, who perished when he fell into an enclosure at a crocodile farm while looking for grass to feed his livestock, police and conservation officials said.

The victim, identified as 48-year-old Sugito, was bitten on the leg and then fatally struck with a tail of one of the crocodiles, which are a protected species, they said.

https://deccanchronicle.com/world/asia/160718/angry-mob-slaughters-nearly-300-crocodiles-to-avenge-mans-death.html

[Imaginarynumber1]

Dicks.

[Kittens Are Jerks]

47 minutes ago, Imaginarynumber1 said:

Dicks.

Exactly. They even killed the tiny babies.

[+ouija ouija]

I bet there's something else going on there besides revenge.

[Kittens Are Jerks]

2 minutes ago, ouija ouija said:

I bet there's something else going on there besides revenge.

Perhaps it was an excuse to destroy the croc farm because they did not like its proximity.

Because there's always at least one person stupid enough to fall into one of its enclosures,

Just the same, everyone participating in the slaughter should be criminally charged, regardless of motive.

[RoofGardener]

Umm.... why do they need a crocodile farm ? 

[Kittens Are Jerks]

6 minutes ago, RoofGardener said:

Umm.... why do they need a crocodile farm ? 

The article mentions that crocodiles are a protected species, so I assumed the farm was part of some conservation agency.

I hope I'm not wrong.

[+ouija ouija]

18 minutes ago, RoofGardener said:

Umm.... why do they need a crocodile farm ? 

Selling their hide.

[Myles]

An over-reaction to say the least.   I hope they at least ate the meat.   Doesn't make their act much better, but at least it wouldn't be totally wasted.