Construction workers in Krabi are suspected of beating to death a 1.8-meter monitor lizard because it ate some of their food.
Chatchai Saraban, a resident of a construction campsite there discovered the wounded and possibly dead lizard Sunday afternoon laying near a box of tiles.
“I was frightened when I found out what it was and called my co-workers for help,” he told Phuket News, adding that it didn’t respond after they poked at it a bit.
Locals believe the animal had wandered in from the forest in search of food. They suspect that construction workers attacked the animal because it had eaten some chickens at the site.
