THE ACCURATERELOADING.COM AFRICAN HUNTING FORUM

Accuratereloading.com    The Accurate Reloading Forums    THE ACCURATE RELOADING.COM FORUMS  Hop To Forum Categories  Hunting  Hop To Forums  African Big Game Hunting    Mozambique: Measures Taken to Cut Crocodile Attacks

Moderators: Saeed
Go
New
Find
Notify
Tools
Reply
  
Mozambique: Measures Taken to Cut Crocodile Attacks
 Login/Join
 
one of us
Picture of Alan Bunn
posted
Mozambique: Measures Taken to Cut Crocodile Attacks


Maputo — A campaign to kill crocodiles and collect their eggs along the Zambezi River in the district of Chemba, in the central province of Sofala, has contributed to a decline in the number of crocodile attacks against people living in the area, according to a report in Tuesday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".

The measures are being carried out by the Agriculture Ministry in partnership with tourism operators.

Last year, in the first phase, a cull took place in the district over three days, during which 51 crocodiles were killed and 15 captured. In addition 9,600 eggs were collected. This year it is planned to collect 15,000 eggs.

Crocodiles are a major threat to people who collect water from the river. In recent years the crocodile population has grown in the Zambezi basin because of a lack of culls. But this year there have only been three recorded attacks in Chemba, none of them fatal.

Crocodiles do not only pose a danger to humans, but also attack dogs, goats, pigs and cattle that try to drink from the Zambezi.

Warning signs have been erected along the river bank in those areas most prone to crocodile attacks.

"Noticias" claims that along the lower Zambezi, one can see crocodiles of up to six metres in length. This is a considerable exaggeration, since the largest African crocodile on record was shot in Tanzania and measured 6.45 metres. Normally crocodiles do not grow to more than five metres in length, and the Tanzanian case was very much an exception.


Cheers,

~ Alan

Life Member NRA
Life Member SCI

email: editorusa(@)africanxmag(dot)com

African Expedition Magazine: http://www.africanxmag.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alan.p.bunn

Twitter: http://twitter.com/EditorUSA

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. ~Keller

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. ~ Murrow
 
Posts: 1114 | Location: Georgia | Registered: 09 March 2001Reply With Quote
One of Us
Picture of L. David Keith
posted Hide Post
They can start with Croc License and Tag combo's for $50. They can call it Croc-fest 2011 jumping


Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris
http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333
Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com
NRA Benefactor
DSC Professional Member
SCI Member
RMEF Life Member
NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor
NAHC Life Member
Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer
Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262
Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142
Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007
16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409
Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311
Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added
http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941
10 days in the Stormberg Mountains
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322
Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232

"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson

Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running......

"If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you."
 
Posts: 6825 | Location: Tennessee | Registered: 18 December 2006Reply With Quote
One of Us
posted Hide Post
quote:
Posted 18 May 2011 01:10 Hide Post
They can start with Croc License and Tag combo's for $50. They can call it Croc-fest 2011

I'm in!!!!
 
Posts: 20175 | Location: Very NW NJ up in the Mountains | Registered: 14 June 2009Reply With Quote
  Powered by Social Strata  
 

Accuratereloading.com    The Accurate Reloading Forums    THE ACCURATE RELOADING.COM FORUMS  Hop To Forum Categories  Hunting  Hop To Forums  African Big Game Hunting    Mozambique: Measures Taken to Cut Crocodile Attacks

Copyright December 1997-2023 Accuratereloading.com


Visit our on-line store for AR Memorabilia

Since January 8 1998 you are visitor #: