Rangers shot dead a 14-foot crocodile after it killed a girl swimming in an Australian creek
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Rangers shot dead a 14-foot crocodile after it killed a girl swimming in an Australian creek

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — Rangers have shot dead a 4.2-meter crocodile in northern Australia after it killed a 12-year-old girl while she was swimming with her family last week, police said Wednesday. The girl’s death was the first fatal crocodile attack in the Northern Territory since 2018 when an Indigenous woman was killed while gathering mussels in a river. Wildlife rangers had been attempting to trap or shoot the crocodile since the girl was attacked last week in Mango Creek near Palumpa, an Outback Indigenous community in the Northern Territory. The girl’s death came weeks after the Northern Territory approved a 10-year plan to contain croc numbers, lifting the rate of culling near human habitat from 300 to 1,200 a year.

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Australian authorities euthanize 16-foot crocodile blamed for a fatal attack, the second in a month
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Australian authorities euthanize 16-foot crocodile blamed for a fatal attack, the second in a month

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — Authorities killed on Monday a large crocodile thought responsible for Australia’s second fatal attack in a month. There’re always one or two big crocodiles living there.” Guymer said the suspected crocodile, which had a scar on its snout, was found in a creek 4 kilometers away from the scene of the accident. “Wildlife officers have humanely euthanized …

Fears over Australia’s crocodile population outstripping humans after deadly attack on girl
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Fears over Australia’s crocodile population outstripping humans after deadly attack on girl

The Independent  

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Australian police find remains of missing child after suspected crocodile attack
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Australian police find remains of missing child after suspected crocodile attack

The Independent  

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Australian villagers kill and eat giant crocodile which hunted their pets
6 months, 1 week ago

Australian villagers kill and eat giant crocodile which hunted their pets

The Independent  

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'Problem crocodile' captured and removed from backyard after kids, pets, and geese deemed 'at risk'
10 months, 2 weeks ago

'Problem crocodile' captured and removed from backyard after kids, pets, and geese deemed 'at risk'

ABC  

In short: A 2.4m crocodile has been trapped and removed from a backyard in north Queensland. Wildlife officers have captured and removed a 2.4-metre crocodile from a north Queensland family's backyard. Wildlife officer Ella Meeve said she believed the male crocodile had been snacking on the family's geese. Wildlife officer Ella Meeve helped remove the crocodile from the property. The …

Boy, 9, attacked by crocodile while swimming in Australian national park
11 months, 1 week ago

Boy, 9, attacked by crocodile while swimming in Australian national park

The Independent  

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Crocodiles found shot, beheaded in Gulf of Carpentaria, investigation launched
1 year, 3 months ago

Crocodiles found shot, beheaded in Gulf of Carpentaria, investigation launched

ABC  

Authorities are investigating the deaths of crocodiles found shot – and some beheaded – along the Norman River in the Gulf of Carpentaria region, where a fisherman says he has discovered 14 bodies over the last few months. Key points: Aboriginal rangers say the killings threaten the ecological balance in the area A fisherman says he has "never seen something …

Human remains found inside crocodile in Australia believed to belong to missing fisherman
1 year, 7 months ago

Human remains found inside crocodile in Australia believed to belong to missing fisherman

CNN  

CNN — Remains found inside a crocodile in Australia are believed to belong to a 65-year old fisherman who went missing over the weekend, according to local police. Department of Environment and Science wildlife officers caught two large crocodiles upstream from where Darmody was last seen during a fishing trip on the Kennedy River in Rinyirru National Park, northeast Queensland …

Crocodile is euthanised after fisherman went missing in Queensland and human remains were found
3 years, 10 months ago

Crocodile is euthanised after fisherman went missing in Queensland and human remains were found

Daily Mail  

Andrew Heard, 69, disappeared on Thursday afternoon after he went fishing A massive four-metre long crocodile has been captured and killed after human remains were found during a search for a missing fisherman. Andrew Heard, 69, went fishing in Gayundah Creek near Hinchinbrook Island, northern Queensland, at about 3pm on Thursday. Human remains were found in the area by wildlife …

Monster 4.5m crocodile shot dead over fears it would snatch a child
3 years, 10 months ago

Monster 4.5m crocodile shot dead over fears it would snatch a child

Daily Mail  

A 4.5metre crocodile has been shot dead by traditional owners in the Northern Territory because of the risk to people swimming nearby - but the locals' worries are far from over. A large crocodile that size poses a risk to the community,' Gunbalanya Community School teacher Dan McLaren told Daily Mail Australia. Local boys Layden Garnarradj, Stanley Kerr and Japheth …

Massive 770-pound Crocodile Caught at Tourist Destination in Australia
4 years, 3 months ago

Massive 770-pound Crocodile Caught at Tourist Destination in Australia

News 18  

Wildlife rangers have trapped a 4.4-meter saltwater crocodile at a tourist destination in Australia’s Northern Territory, the biggest caught in the area in years, a wildlife ranger said Monday. The 350-kilogram male was caught in the Flora River at a remote nature park 120 kilometers southwest of the Outback town of Katherine, said Katherine senior wildlife ranger John Burke. A …

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