A month-old baby was kidnapped and killed by a monkey while his mother was nursing him. Illustrative photo: Shutterstock
Shayima Said was breastfeeding Luhaibahis one month old babywhen the worst happened. A gang of monkeys broke into his home, snatched his baby, took him away and killed.
It all happened inside Mwamgongonear Gombe National Park, Western Tanzania, Africa.
dramatic invasion
As reported The DailyMailduring the entrance of the band of animals, one of the monkeys took the little one and dragged him away from his mother.
James Manyama. the regional commander said that in front of the woman’s screams, the villagers hurried they wanted to dominate the monkey to try to save Luhaiba from his clutches.
The villagers tried to save the child, but without success. Illustrative photo: Shutterstock
“Shayima asked for help and the villagers rushed to her home to help her retrieve her son from the herd of monkeys. But when they tried to take him by force, (baby) was wounded in the head and neck“Manyama said according to media reports.
It is that the animal that had taken him became aggressive and the little one died of his injuries had received during the attack, the Tanzanian newspaper reported The citizen.
Faced with this tragic episode, the authorities have warned local residents to pay attention to the appearance of these animals, which can be dangerous.
Thus it happens that the village of Mwamgongo shares its own area border with the Gombe National Park.
The boy’s family has not yet said anything about the episode. Illustrative photo: Shutterstock
“The accidents with animals that invade villages are not uncommon, ”the authorities admitted.
For its part, the Said family has not been photographed or made any statements about the terrible episode.
Frodo’s Story: Another Case of Fear
20 years ago, on May 15th 2002, An adult chimpanzee has taken a 14-month-old baby from its mother and killed her while they were both walking in a national park.
The girl’s partially devoured corpse was discovered in a tree, causing a widespread call to the chimpanzee, known as poaching.
Frodo was big and aggressive from an early age. Born on 30 June 1976 in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, he was part of the Gombe chimpanzee community made famous by British anthropologist and primatologist Dame Jane Goodall.
Dr. Goodall named him Frodo, after the character’s name The Lord of the Ringsa book his children read at that time.
Dr. Jane Goodall named the chimpanzee Frodo. Photo: BBC horizon.
About seven months after the child’s death, a mysterious disease devastated the Gombe Park camp and Frodo became seriously ill.
“I was shocked when I saw him enter the research field in January 2003,” explained conservation biologist Lilian Pintea. “At first I didn’t recognize him because he was very thin. Her hip bones were visible. “
Frodo became less sociable, but kept watching the approaching humans and was shunned by the other chimps. Eventually, he was able to overcome the disease, but he wasn’t the alpha male he was.
On Sunday On November 10, 2013 Frodo died at the age of 37 due to a groin infection caused by a dog.
Source: Clarin
