RESIDENTS AND LIVESTOCK THREATENED BY CROCODILES IN FLOODED TOWN (Defend Haiti) - By Samuel Maxime
THOMAZEAU - Crocodiles are threatening residents and livestock in the West Department, after torrential rains and flooding overflowed the brackish lake.
According to Haïti LIBRE , the Border Development Fund (FDF), published on Monday, a report saying "the situation is critical in this village [near Lake Azuei ], bordering with the Dominican Republic, because most homes are under water and that the reptiles are in search of food, and can attack people and livestock."
The teams of the FDF are trying to find solutions to resolve the situation promptly.
Witnesses have reported that crocodiles, some of which, are very large, were seen in the flooded areas. Several residents have been evacuated, but many farmers, despite the danger and warnings of government authorities, prefer to remain on their land, despite the floods, by fear of theft and to defend with stakes, their cattle from the "voracious appetite of the crocodiles".
In a Huffington Post article, the OCHA Haiti Flooding Situation Report for June 6-7 found that the flooding also reached the North Department causing the Artibonite River to breach its banks flooding the village of Grande Saline.
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The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) is a species, which lives in the Lake Azuéi, between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. In 1984, the crocodile population was estimated at more than 400. Since then no study has been made to update that number. Adult males have an average length of 5 meters and can reach 6 or 7 meters. They usually weigh between 400 to 500 kg. Individuals over 6 meters long can exceed one ton. The species live mainly in Central America, on the west coast of Mexico, northern South America and South Florida.
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