QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK, UGANDA — A toddler was nabbed then eaten by a leopard in one of Uganda's top national parks last week.<br /><br />According to the Kampala Post, the incident took place in a Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National park last Friday. Ugandan news site Eagle online reports the child was the son of park ranger Doreen Ayera and Senior Police Superintendent Francis Manana.<br /><br />He was sitting outside a Uganda Wildlife Authority staff building at the park's Mweya Safari Lodge prior to the attack. Reportedly, the child was with his nanny at the time. <br /><br />Speaking to Eagle Online, the child's father said he snuck off to a nearby river bank and it's there the leopard got him. His nanny didn't realize he had snuck off until she heard a cry, and saw the animal disappearing into the bush. <br /><br />Authorities searched for the child the next day and recovered the remains. Eagle online reports he was buried at his ancestral home.<br /><br />The leopard was "taken out". According to the Eagle Online, authorities tracked the beast down and took it out because of the threat it posed to humans.
