(MY) crocodile hunt

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Crocodile hunt: Pointless and painful exercise - New Straits Times*04 Oct

2006*

MUHAMMAD EDWAN SHAHARIR, Shah Alam <letters

 

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*I JOIN Malaysians in offering our sympathies to Hatta Abidin for the loss

of his son to a crocodile a month ago.

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Understandably, Hatta is under severe stress, which is one reason that may

have led him to butcher a crocodile caught on Sunday in the hope of

recovering the remains of his son ( " Dad butchers crocodile in vain " , NST,

Oct 2). However, his efforts were in vain.

 

However, I must say that to continue to hunt for the killer crocodile and to

cut up more crocodiles to look for his son's remains is a pointless and

painful exercise.

 

It has been a month, and crocodiles have extremely powerful digestive juices

that will dissolve even bone, thus finding the poor boy's remains would by

now have become an impossibility.

 

Thankfully, the Sarawak Forestry Corporation has decided to call off the

hunt for the crocodile.

 

The SFC will not allow the slaughter of any more crocodiles. No matter how

many bomoh buaya are asked to look for this killer crocodile, it will be

pointless. Because even if they catch the killer crocodile, what then?

Animals are animals; they are not governed by human morality.

 

Again, my condolences and deepest sympathies to Hatta and his family. But

please understand that to continue looking for the crocodile would just

cause more damage.