text: By Fred Kiva 
   
   A game ranger's two and a half year old child has been eaten by a leopard at Mweya Safari Lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park. 
   
   Elisha Nabugyere was killed by the wild animal on Friday at around 7:30pm. 
   
   His father, SSP Francis Manana Nabugyere says the child was attacked at their house doorway where he was seated at the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) staff quarters. 
   
   "He was seated with the maid when the leopard grabbed and ran with him. Efforts to rescue him did not yield, we later recovered the skull and some other bones," SSP Nabugyere, an officer at the police senior Command and staff college Bwebajja told Kampala Post. 
   
   The deceased's mother who is a park ranger was at the neighbour’s at the time, according to Mr Nabugyere. 
   
   He says his son's remains have been buried. 
   
   "UWA gave us the coffin. I have not talked to them about the incident but I would expect something reasonable to compensate me, although my son's life is gone," Nabugyere said, challenging UWA to do more in ensuring the security of their staff and children. 
   
   UWA communications manager Bashir Hangi described the incident as unfortunate. He was however not specific on whether the parents would be compensated or not, saying: "We have an arrangement for our staff who lose their lives or their loved ones in the line of duty." 
   
   He revealed that efforts are underway to track down the killer leopard. 
   
   "We are working towards establishing the leopard and evaluating options such as relocating it somewhere else. It is not good to keep it there,” he said in Watsapp message to this reporter. ||||| Ugandan authorities are hunting for a leopard in Queen Elizabeth National park after it snatched and ate a ranger's three-year-old son. 
   
   The toddler had been left in the care of a nanny at the unfenced staff quarters of a safari lodge in the park, when he was taken by the leopard on Friday night. 
   
   Wildlife authority spokesman Bashir Hangi said the child had followed the nanny outdoors. 
   
   "The maid was not aware the child followed her. She heard the kid scream for help, she intervened but it was too late the leopard had vanished with it in the bush and a search was mounted until we got the skull the next day," he said. 
   
   "The hunt is on with the intention of capturing the leopard and removing it from the wild because once it has eaten human flesh, the temptations are high to eat another human being, it becomes dangerous," he added. ||||| CLOSE Authorities are trying to capture a leopard who killed a toddler while at the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. Tony Spitz has the details. Buzz60 
   
   A leopard sits in a tree at the Mashatu game reserve in Botswana. (Photo: CAMERON SPENCER, Getty Images) 
   
   A 2-year-old toddler was attacked and killed by a leopard on Friday at the Mweya Safari Lodge in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park. 
   
   The boy was following his nanny into the kitchen of the park's staff headquarters when he was snatched by the leopard and dragged into bushes. The child's mother is a game ranger at the park, and was working when the incident happened. 
   
   The Kampala Postoriginally reported the story. Bashir Hangi, a spokesman for the Uganda Wildlife Authority, told the Post on Tuesday that the nanny heard the child scream and then saw the animal dragging the boy to the bush. 
   
   The nanny chased after the boy and animal, but to no avail. The headquarters are reportedly in a protected area popular with tourists. 
   
   A search team later found the boy’s skull and "some other bones" on Saturday, indicating that the leopard had eaten the boy. Francis Manana Nabugyere, the boy's father, said they buried his son's remains over the weekend. 
   
   Nabugyere also said he expects compensation from UWA , and said he wants to see heightened security that would help protect staff and children. 
   
   "UWA gave us the coffin," Nabugyere told the Kampala Post. "I have not talked to them about the incident but I would expect something reasonable to compensate me, although my son's life is gone." 
   
   The incident has shocked many in Uganda, where leopard attacks on humans are rare. 
   
   Hangi also responded to a reporter for the Kampala Post via WhatsApp on plans to track down the leopard. 
   
   "We are working towards establishing the leopard and evaluating options such as relocating it somewhere else. It is not good to keep it there,” he said. 
   
   The killing of the toddler comes as the fourth unfortunate incident for the UWA in recent weeks. A pride of 11 lions died on April 11 in Queen Elizabeth National Park, a French tourist died on April 14 on park grounds and another lion died at the end of April. 
   
   Contributing: Associated Press 
   
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target: – A horrifying story out of Uganda, where a toddler was grabbed and eaten by a leopard Friday at the Mweya Safari Lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park. The 2-year-old boy's mother is a game ranger at the park and was working, and the boy was with his nanny in the kitchen of the family's home in the park's staff quarters, near a doorway. "He was seated with the maid when the leopard grabbed and ran with him," the boy's father tells the Kampala Post. But a spokesperson for the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) says the boy followed the nanny outdoors: "The maid was not aware the child followed her. She heard the kid scream for help, she intervened but it was too late the leopard had vanished with it in the bush." The staff quarters are reportedly in a protected area that is popular with tourists, USA Today reports, but the family's home is said to be unfenced. A search team ultimately found some of the boy's bones, including his skull, and they were buried over the weekend. The boy's father says he expects compensation from the UWA and that the organization should do more to protect staff and their families. "UWA gave us the coffin," he says. "I have not talked to them about the incident but I would expect something reasonable to compensate me, although my son's life is gone." Leopard attacks on humans are rare in Uganda. The UWA spokesperson says efforts are being made to locate the leopard and possibly relocate it. "The hunt is on with the intention of capturing the leopard and removing it from the wild because once it has eaten human flesh, the temptations are high to eat another human being, it becomes dangerous," he says, per the Telegraph.