By Johnson Kanyesige
The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has once more captured a third hostile crocodile from Lake Albert at Mbegu B Village in Mbegu Parish, Kabaale Sub- County in Hoima District.
The man eater was captured in an operation that took one week near the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) army barracks, according to Mr George Busiinge, the Kabwoya Wildlife Reserve and Hoima Central Wildlife Area Warden.
The warden told this our reporter that the crocodile had been moving out of the lake water at night looking for its prey aground.
Mr Busiinge said that UWA has trans-located the crocodile to Murchison Falls National Park in River Nile.
UWA’s operations to capture the crocodiles from Lake Albert is an intervention following a continuous lake community outcry that the reptiles had proved a big menace to the public and their domestic animals.
The warden called for quick human response in reporting any cases of human-wildlife conflict to UWA officials for immediate intervention as the process of trapping, catching and trans-locating those dangerous reptiles off human surrounding water bodies is underway.
However, Mr Busiinge said where crocodiles are not a menace to people, they will not be trans-located.
The Mbegu Village Chairman, Mr Moses Onen, said the crocodiles have become a threat to the Lakers after the reptiles having attacked and killed five domestic animals including cows, a pig and sheep in the area in the past year.
