For decades, humans and crocodiles have been living together in Balabac, a faraway municipality located in the southernmost part of Palawan (almost so near Malaysia already!).
.
But according to authorities, it is only now that they recorded back-to-back crocodile-related deaths in Balabac: first one was just last November and the second one happened three months later (February 2018).
.
I got to have an interview with DENR Palawan Wildlife Rescue & Conservation Center and learned something so interesting. According to them, as time passes by, the human population in Balabac continues to grow, hence humans have been occupying more and more land space, disturbing crocodiles’ habitat in the process.
.
Now, the crocodiles, given their traits of being territorial, aren’t liking this change at all, so they are becoming somewhat angry toward the humans who have been invading their territories, hence the recent attacks.
.
Link to this story is now on my bio!
#
|
