 Ugandan authorities are hunting for a leopard in Queen Elizabeth National park after it snatched and ate a ranger's three-year-old son. (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. 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 deceased's mother who is a park ranger was at the neighbour’s at the time, according to Mr Nabugyere. 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. 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. 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. 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. "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. "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. The killing of the toddler comes as the fourth unfortunate incident for the UWA in recent weeks.
– 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.