Overview

• The Regional Disaster Management Agency confirmed this as the first recorded human fatality caused by a python in South Buton District.
• Villagers discovered a bloated 8-meter python near the farmer’s hut on Saturday, killed it, and retrieved the body inside.
• Wildlife experts link a rise in snake sightings and livestock attacks to habitat disturbances that are driving pythons toward villages.
• Authorities have issued advisories urging villagers to avoid forested areas alone and to travel in groups during the rainy season.
• Plans are underway to monitor python movements through community reporting and potential tracking measures to prevent further human-wildlife conflicts.