Zambia: Siavonga boy mauled by crocodile
A fourteen year old boy of Mundulundulu village in Siavonga district has gone missing on Lake Kariba after he was grabbed by a crocodile.
Clifford Denge a grade five pupil at Mubuyu Christian Academy was attacked by the reptile while fishing on the Lake on Monday morning.
The boy’s father Charles Denge told ZANIS in an interview on the banks of Lake Kariba where the search for the body was being conducted by ZAWA officers with the help of other people that the incidence happened around 08:00hours.
Mr. Denge narrated that his son decided to go fishing with his seven year old brother after being sent back home from school because of the commemoration of teachers day which fell on Monday.
He narrated that upon reaching home his son picked a dug out canoe and headed for the lake accompanied by his brother to fish using locally made hooks.
Mr. Denge explained that while conducting their fishing on the lake on a distance of about 100 meters from the water banks, a crocodile pounced on the boy from behind pulling him from the canoe into the water and disappeared leaving his younger brother behind.
He said efforts by other fishermen on the lake to rescue the mauled boy from the jaws of the crocodile failed because the reptile swum quickly under water to the deepest parts of the lake.
However a search for the missing body has continued with two armed ZAWA officers deployed to the area to immediately shoot the reptile once spotted.
District Commissioner Emily Striedl who visited the scene of the incidence regretted the loss of the fourteen year old boy and urged ZAWA officers to ensure that the reptile is shot.
And village Headman Katowa Hadelema complained to Ms Striedl that the population of crocodiles on the lake has increased so much and wondered why government was not moving in to crop the crocodiles.
Mr Hadelema charged that the increase in the number of crocodiles on Lake Kariba is posing a threat to villagers whose livelihood depends on fish.
ZANIS
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VERY SAD SCENARIO INDEED.
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Too bad for the boy. These creatures are treacherous and deadly. People need to avoid fishing in their territory.
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#2 Whose territory? My friend, these ZAWA do not crop these creatures and other predators. 35 buffaloes which died in Kafue national park, they blame lions. Why not controlling the number of lions?? If you ask them (ZAWA) to accertain the number of animals in the park, they will fail to give figures.. They do not have light planes to fly over the park to check on the situation, danger and grazing herds of animals
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Tuff one bane, may his soul rest in peace
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just too sad.may his soul rest in peace
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Pupils should be left to stay in school premises even though teachers are engaged with other stuff. There are a number of extracurricular activities they can let them do that don’t really require direct supervision by teachers. I would suggest that even during long holdiays, these kids should be encouraged to spend time at school as well.
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May His Soul Rest In Peace..Sad Indeed
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Its too sad…I equally enjoyed fishing when I was a boy….we used to see crocodiles while fishing but we escaped unharmed..I know there is time for everything…Time to Live and Time to Die..It is appointed unto man to die once….time for my boy had come…M.H.S.R.I.E.P
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Sad indeed I am a fan of fishing and i enjoy it especially in lake Kariba. There’s just too much of these creatures in the lake such that once you fall into the lake you risk being supper for them. Rest in peace boy.
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9.
fide: Note that >>> Choolwe ca mubwa cili ansi.
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