JINJA , Uganda, April 7 (UPI) — A monstrous, man-eating crocodile that tips the scales at 2,204 pounds has been captured in Kakira, a sub-county in Uganda.
The one-ton beast, which is believed to be just 103 lbs. lighter than the former world’s biggest crocodile, supposedly ate four people in Jinja and Mayuge districts near Lake Victoria.
A Uganda Wildlife Authority officer told The New Vision the agency believes that the reptile is about 80 years old.
A monstrous one-ton crocodile that terrorized an Ugandan village has been caughthttp://t.co/5rB8TDsfty pic.twitter.com/3gdcqSf0zL
— cristina lombardi (@crislomb) April 7, 2014
It took UWA officials four days to hunt down the massive creature.
“Residents appealed to UWA to hunt the crocodile following the death of a resident from Kakira town council in Jinja district,” said UWA official Sulani Tumanya.
1000 kg man eating crocodile is now in the Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda.
More: https://t.co/jYL2z2EZBX pic.twitter.com/r2LeBXLEhP— Wonderful planet (@AmiPlanet) April 7, 2014
Now that the killer croc has been brought to Murchison Falls National Park, fishermen will be able to resume catching fish in Lake Victoria.
#Uganda ‘s notorious crocodile the world’s largest. pic.twitter.com/uYeZ2HmZIf
— KJONG SAFARIS UGANDA (@kjongsafarisug) April 1, 2014
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