Residents of Mkhuhlu, near Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga have been terrorised by a snake for several months.
The python, which had been eating their livestock was caught on Tuesday, 19 January, after killing a pregnant dog.
The eight-metre long snake was found in a resident’s yard in Mkhuhlu.
The Residents said they were happy as they could now breath a sigh of relief. Godfrey Masinya, who found the snake, told Daily Sun he was angry his dog was killed.
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He said his dog would always wait for him outside the door every morning. He was surprised when he only saw one dog and the pregnant one missing.
“I tried to call the other dog by name, but it was nowhere to be found until the remaining dog led me to the side where the python was, but it had already eaten my pregnant dog, which made me angry.
”When he found the snake it was unable to move.
“I believe it arrived during the night to attack my dog because on Monday I was cutting the grass at the spot where we found it.
“I nearly killed it because I was looking forward to my dog giving birth. I acted as a Good Samaritan towards the python, but it still caused me pain.
”Godfrey then called the Bushbuckridge rescue team to come fetch it.
“For the past few months chickens and cats have been disappearing in the area. We didn’t know they were being attacked by a python.
“We’re glad that finally we caught it before it killed children. This might be a wake-up call to us to be on the lookout for this type of snake,” said Godfrey.
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Fire and rescue worker, Cockroach Mdhluli, said they were alerted by community members to a python in a resident’s yard after it killed a dog.
“On arrival at the scene we found the eight-metre-long python. When we tried to rescue it, it vomited the dog out and we removed it and took it to the Kruger National Park.
“We want to warn residents that if they find a snake in their yard, they shouldn’t attempt to kill it but contact trained snake catchers,” said Mdhluli.
