Man killed by water buffalo

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Y Fan Wen

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That's interesting. On my visit to the Kruger NP in S Africa our guide said that the African buffalo was the most dangerous animal in the reserve. We were watching a team repairing an artificial waterhole at the time and he was explaining that the reason there was a man with a rifle standing on a large rock was to look out for the bulls 'cos they would stalk using cover and then charge for the kill. He told us that he would put one shot over the animals head and if it didn't turn the next would be a kill shot. I noted that the guard didn't stop looking round while he was talking to our guide.
In Vietnam however little children would move water buffaloes using a string round the neck and they were considered part of the family. I noticed there was one herdsman (?) lying asleep on the back of one of the small herd he was supervising in a paddy field. The only dry place I suppose. I suppose that is why it was not unusual to see people asleep on the backs of the innumerable small m/cs that were parked on all the pavements. Pedestrians have to walk in the road.
 
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Y Fan Wen said:
That's interesting. On my visit to the Kruger NP in S Africa our guide said that the African buffalo was the most dangerous animal in the reserve. We were watching a team repairing an artificial waterhole at the time and he was explaining that the reason there was a man with a rifle standing on a large rock was to look out for the bulls 'cos they would stalk using cover and then charge for the kill. He told us that he would put one shot over the animals head and if it didn't turn the next would be a kill shot. I noted that the guard didn't stop looking round while he was talking to our guide.
In Vietnam however little children would move water buffaloes using a string round the neck and they were considered part of the family. I noticed there was one herdsman (?) lying asleep on the back of one of the small herd he was supervising in a paddy field. The only dry place I suppose. I suppose that is why it was not unusual to see people asleep on the backs of the innumerable small m/cs that were parked on all the pavements. Pedestrians have to walk in the road.
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One book I read about Africa the author said that a Cape Buffalo looks at you like you owe him money. Another told a tale of hunters working through a thicket searching for Cape Buffalo with the author sat on a kopje watching proceedings unfold from the safety of the rocks. When he noticed the Buffalo behind the hunters stalking up silently behind them to ambush the hunters from behind.

Water Buffalo always struck me as a lot more placid, place I go fishing has Water Buffalo and they have never given me any cause for concern.
 
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Y Fan Wen said:
That's interesting. On my visit to the Kruger NP in S Africa our guide said that the African buffalo was the most dangerous animal in the reserve...
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Unless there are hippo...

I've spent a fair amount of time around African buff, those in the true wild. They can be bl**dy dangerous and older bulls - often ostracised - are very, very unpredictable; but younger, healthy animals that are still with the herd are generally not a problem, and their actions can be read / predicted pretty well.

The father of a friend of mine was a senior warden in a Zambian park, he had to cull large numbers of buff to prevent over-population and I went with him a few times. Not a pretty business, but a chance to get to see buff in a way that most don't; surprising how easily spooked and timorous they can be.

But, on the other side of the coin, I've seen a lioness thrown 10' up into a tree from the horns of a buff, with half her side ripped open and everything falling out... Also saw the result - but not the actual act, which was witnessed by a friend - of three young buff bulls against a pride of over a dozen adult lion... seven dead lion, and the buff with only a few scratches between them! ?
 
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Good to read that the attack was not on your self or your family Buffy but very sad news that the beast has killed and injured people. For some strange reason, I had thought of domestic water buffalos as being big softies.
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Theyre very big softies. Like i said before tho any animal no matter how lovely... you have to be wary, because any animal can turn. Its been such a big shock to all of us in the buffalo farming community, these things are rare to happen and to happen like this. We don't know anything just yet which is really frustrating tbh.
 
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