Mozambique declared war on human-eating crocodiles

The attacks of ferocious crocodiles along Africa's fourth largest river Zambezi are forcing the Mozambique government to launch a major hunt, to minimize the dangers for the people.

Crocodile attacks are worrying the Mozambican government. Photo: AFP.

Over the last three years, Mozambique Ministry of Agriculture and tourism managers have captured and killed crocodiles up to 6 meters long on the Zambezi River, in the center of Sofala province, where this animal has a "real" Single "includes dogs, goats, pigs, cattle and even humans.

A local Mozambique crocodile official said that only during the three-day campaign last year, they destroyed 51 crocodiles, caught 15 children and collected 9,600 eggs.

Over the past few years, Mozambican people have encountered quite a number of ferocious crocodiles in the Zambezi River, which is the main source of water for production and daily life. The government had to build reservoirs in some districts, in order to prevent people from taking water from the river and endangering crocodiles. In 2010, at least 13 people were killed by the Zambezi crocodile.