(17 Mar 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Central Mamuju District, Indonesia – 24 February 2025
1. Crocodiles in crocodile farm pond
2. Pan right from local resident, Munirpa, pointing to location where she was bitten by crocodile UPSOUND Munirpa (Indonesian): "I was attacked by a crocodile there, in the water, I was (almost) drowned and dragged."
3. Various of scars on Munirpa’s legs and feet
4. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Munirpa, local resident: ++STARTS ON SHOT £ AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 5++
"I am so scared. I don’t want to go to the beach. Even to the back of the house, I don’t dare to go, I am traumatized. I asked my children not to go to the river, or to the backyard, or go fishing. It is enough that I’ve been bitten by a crocodile. I won’t let it happen to my children.”
5. Crocodiles in a crocodile farm pond
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Central Mamuju District, Indonesia – 27 February 2025
6. Suyuti Marzuki, head of West Sulawesi Marine and Fisheries, walking into office
7. Marzuki circling passage in book
8. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Suyuti Marzuki, head of West Sulawesi Marine and Fisheries: ++STARTS ON SHOT ^ AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 9 TO 11++
"Indeed, we need to protect the ecosystem, perhaps by placing them in captivity because there are other things that can be utilized from the crocodiles, such as when their population increases, we can use it to improve the economy, for example by utilizing crocodile skin to improve the community’s economy."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Central Mamuju District, Indonesia – 24 February 2025
9. People on motorbikes passing through village road with warning signs installed on side of road
10. Warning sign reading (Indonesian): "Be careful in your activities, this area is a habitat for crocodiles, dangerous and protected animals"
11. Pan from warning sign to newly planted oil palm plantation
STORYLINE:
Nearly seven months after a crocodile attack almost took her life, Munirpa walked to the estuary outside her home with her husband and her children, ready to brave a reenactment.
Munirpa, who like many Indonesians only uses one name, recounted how one early morning in August, she threw her household garbage into a creek about 50 meters (164 feet) away from her house, as she normally would.
She didn’t see what was coming next.
By the time she realized a crocodile had attacked her, the four-meter-long (13-foot) beast had already sunk its teeth into most of her body, sparing only her head.
She fought hard, trying to jab its eyes. Her husband, hearing her screams, ran over and tried to pull her by the thigh out of the crocodile’s jaws.
A tug-of-war ensued; the reptile whipped him with its tail. Fortunately, he saved Munirpa in time, eventually dragging her out of the crocodile’s grip.
People have long feared the ancient predators in the Central Mamuju district of Indonesia’s West Sulawesi, where the Budong-Budong River meets the sea.
For Munirpa, 48, that fear turned into a brutal reality when she became one of nearly 180 recorded crocodile attack victims in Indonesia last year.
Residents like her are learning to coexist with the crocodiles, a legally protected species in Indonesia, as they balance conservation with looking out for their safety.
But as attacks rise, several residents and experts have called for better government interventions to stop the problem from getting even worse.
“I am so scared. I don’t want to go to the beach. Even to the back of the house, I don’t dare to go," said Munirpa.
“I am traumatized. I asked my children not to go to the river, or to the backyard, or go fishing."
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