Taiwanese Tourist Bitten To Death In Kenya By Hippo He Was Trying To Photograph

Tragedy struck in Kenya when a Taiwanese tourist was bitten in the chest by a hippo he was trying to photograph.

The deceased, Chang Ming Chuang, 66, was tracking the animal at a wildlife resort on Lake Naivasha, 90km (56 miles) north-west of the capital, Nairobi, reports BBC.

A second tourist, also from Taiwan, was injured. Wildlife officials later shot dead the hippo.

High water levels have seen hippos – the world’s deadliest large land mammal – stray on to resorts for pasture.

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) initially identified the two tourists as Chinese but Taiwan’s foreign ministry later confirmed they were Taiwanese nationals.

Kenya has no formal ties with Taiwan and recognises China’s claims over the island.

Witnesses said the two had come too close to the animal near the Sopa hotel. The bitten man was rushed to hospital bleeding profusely but later died.

The second tourist, named as Wu Peng Te, was treated for minor bruising at Naivasha District Hospital.

“Our officers tracked and shot the animal after the incident,” said KWS warden Nelson Cheruiyot.

David Kilo, chairman of Lake Naivasha Boat Owners Association, told Kenya’s Star newspaper that rising water levels had reduced pasture areas for hippos, forcing them on to farms and hotel grounds, and increasing contact between the mammals and humans.

Six people have been killed by hippos in the area this year.

Hippos, which are aggressive, have sharp teeth and weigh up to 2,750kg (three tons), kill an estimated 500 people every year in Africa.

Tourism earned Kenya $1.2bn (£950m) last year, with 1.4 million international arrivals.

Source: BBC

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5 comments

  1. Tourists should be very careful, this is another sad story, just last week we heard 9 Corp members in Taraba drowned in a mysterious river where they went on picnic, please we should be careful and avoid places that would hurt us

  2. Obiechina Ifunanya Vivian

    Tourists should be careful in the kind of city they visit to avoid such tragic stories.

  3. Its a pity…… the whites are always fond of playing with dangerous animals all in the name of getting attached with nature…. we Nigerians don’t mess with such an animal…..its a pity anyway

  4. sandra emenike chinelo

    lol this is sad and funny at the same time

  5. sandra emenike chinelo

    next time he might want to be abit careful

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