Date: June 27, 2018
Source: University of Freiburg
Summary:
Attacks
by crocodiles have been rising in South East Asia since they became protected
animals, a study finds.
The
south-east Asian island state of East Timor has a problem with crocodiles.
Between 2007 and 2014 there was a sharp increase in attacks on humans. Many of
these attacks were fatal. Sebastian Brackhane, a research assistant in the
Department of Remote Sensing and Landscape Information Systems of the University
of Freiburg, has analyzed data on crocodile attacks in relation to a rise in
the population of estuarine crocodiles in East Timor. The results of his field
study have been published in the Journal of Wildlife Management.
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