A 10-year-old boy has been
hospitalized in a serious
condition to Kamwenge
Health Centre, Southwest Uganda, after a
Kibale National Park chimpanzee bit off his
buttocks, the media reported on
Wednesday.
The boy identified as Paddy Ankunda, was
attacked by the chimpanzee on Saturday, June
1, as he was walking along the forest in Kibale
National Park in the afternoon with a friend
identified as Amos Tukundane, 13.
According to his friend, who escaped, the
chimpanzee attacked him from behind as he
was moving from his home in Kahungye Parish
and when he tried to escape, it over powered
him and grabbed him before eating off his
buttocks.
Mary Katusiime, Ankunda's mother, currently
taking care of him in the hospital, said that
she was shocked when she heard that her only
son had been eaten by the chimpanzee.
"I was shocked when I was called by a
neighbour who broke the bad news to me.
"At first, I thought that he had died, but when
I reached the health centre where he had been
admitted, I realised that he had lost all the
buttocks," Ms. Katusiime told newsmen.
She appealed to the government to take
measures to guard people living near the
protected areas from the animals.
"We have a very big challenge here as
neighbours to the protected area because the
animals attack us," Ms. Katusiime said.
The Kibale National Park in Southwest Uganda
is a protected evergreen rain forest, covering
766 square kms and located between 1,100
and 1,600 metres.
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