Crocodile attacks on the increase

Crocodile attacks on the rise in Solomons says report

Released last month "Human-crocodile conflict in Solomon Islands" is a report on a nationwide survey conducted by the WorldFish Program in 234 villages across Solomon Islands between April and August last year.

The report documented a total of 225 crocodile attacks on people. One of its authors Jan van der Ploeg says the real number of attacks is likely to be higher, because many villages and indeed whole islands were not visited.

In the 20 year period from 1998 to 2017 a total of 194 attacks were reported.