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

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 Nawirrdj pose beside a crocodile estimated at 4.5 in length which was shot by traditional owners because of the risk it posed Dan McLaren, Learning on Country Coordinator for Gunbalanya Community School, who teaches 'croc safe' education to students, lost his beloved Caterhoula Bonnie to to a crocodile last year Crocodiles take over the waterways when this happens. It is currently wet season, turning the area into 'an island in an inland sea' and the crocodiles are loving it Gunbalanya is a few minutes drive from the infamous Cahill's Crossing which is considered one of the most dangerous road crossings in the world because crocodiles wait at the point vehicles cross the East Alligator River 'In the dry, you see crocodiles walking through the middle of the town to reach the next billabong and the dogs chase them and hassle them.' Gunbalanya is a few minutes drive from the infamous Cahill's Crossing which is considered one of the most dangerous road crossings in the world because crocodiles wait at the point vehicles cross the East Alligator River.