Drama as man kills python after it strangled his pregnant goat in Kisumu

There was drama and panic after a man used a spear to kill a python that had earlier strangled his pregnant goat in a village in Kombewa, Kisumu County.

The panic and drama happened when the man delivered the dead goat and a four-metre-long python to the police station to report the incident.

The incident happened in Kasimori village on the evening of February 23, police said.

The man used a cement bag to carry the carcass of the goat and python.

He told police he heard the goat, which he had tethered in a field, bleating.

He rushed to the scene only to find the snake had captured it and coiled itself around the goat.

The man said he rushed back to his house and got hold of a spear, which he used to kill the python.

By then, the goat had died. He then carried them to the station to report the matter.

Police called Kenya Wildlife Service officials, who visited the scene and took custody of the carcasses for safe disposal.

The officials told the man whose goat was killed that he would be compensated.

A similar incident had happened in Ugunja, Siaya county where a man killed a python after it had fatally strangled his dog last month.

Officials said the 52-year-old man who killed a python after it attacked and killed his dog at Luoka village Madungu Sublocation in Ugunja Sub-county, Siaya county would receive government compensation.

The incident, which drew attention after trending online, prompted a visit by a team from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) led by Grace Kariuki, Senior Warden for Kisumu and Siaya Counties.

Speaking at the home of Charles Osore, Kariuki thanked him for cooperating with authorities despite the loss of his dog, saying that they visited to support him and to begin the compensation process.

Osore shocked many after killing the constrictor snake that had attacked his dog, then took both carcasses to the local police station.

He carried them on his bicycle, attracting the attention of road users. His dramatic protest was aimed at drawing attention to the rising cases of human–wildlife conflict in the region.

Officials are working to address the rising rate of conflict in the region. They have been advising locals to always report such incidents as part of efforts to solve the trend.