Chimpanzee Bites off 10-year-old Boy’s Buttocks in Uganda
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10-year-old boy has been hospitalized in a serious condition to
Kamwenge Health Centre, Southwest Uganda, after a Kibale National Park
chimpanzee bit off his buttocks, the media reported on Wednesday.
The
boy identified as Paddy Ankunda, was attacked by the chimpanzee on
Saturday, June 1, as he was walking along the forest in Kibale National
Park in the afternoon with a friend identified as Amos Tukundane, 13.
According
to his friend, who escaped, the chimpanzee attacked him from behind as
he was moving from his home in Kahungye Parish and when he tried to
escape, it over powered him and grabbed him before eating off his
buttocks.
Mary
Katusiime, Ankunda’s mother, currently taking care of him in the
hospital, said that she was shocked when she heard that her only son
had been eaten by the chimpanzee.
“I was shocked when I was called by a neighbour who broke the bad news to me.
“At
first, I thought that he had died, but when I reached the health centre
where he had been admitted, I realised that he had lost all the
buttocks,” Ms. Katusiime told newsmen.
She appealed to the government to take measures to guard people living near the protected areas from the animals.
“We have a very big challenge here as neighbours to the protected area because the animals attack us,” Ms. Katusiime said.
The
Kibale National Park in Southwest Uganda is a protected evergreen rain
forest, covering 766 square kms and located between 1,100 and 1,600
metres.
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