Greenie crocodile stupidity

There's tens of thousands of them in the far North; probably hundreds of thousands. There is no way they would be "endangered" if all the ones found in close proximity to people were shot immediately. Two separate stories below:



1). A huge crocodile has been terrorising road workers building a bridge in the Gulf of Carpentaria in Queensland's northwest after a rival male was shot and beheaded by trophy hunters. Wildlife rangers revealed the 5.8m crocodile had become highly aggressive in the aftermath of the illegal killing three weeks ago of its smaller rival.

Police and Environmental Protection Agency officers have been investigating the mystery shooting, which has upset both locals and crocodiles. Officers said the big croc has since been stalking and lunging at construction crews working on the Albert River near Burketown. "He is a monster and he is very upset," said Carpentaria Land Council ranger co-ordinator Kevin Anderson. "He has been hanging around the bridge and snapping and lunging at anything in the water. Those workers need eyes in their backsides."

Mr Anderson said the huge bull croc became enraged when the dead body of the killed crocodile, a rival male living upstream, floated through his territory. Workers at the construction site used a large crane to pull the dead 4.4m reptile from the water. It had a bullet wound in its side. Later that night, an unknown "trophy hunter" cut off its head.

Penalties for killing a crocodile, protected under law, include fines up to $15,000.

Meanwhile, the 4.3m crocodile believed to have taken tourist Arthur Booker near Cooktown two weeks ago will probably go to a crocodile farm. Under the State's crocodile management plan no animal involved in an attack is allowed to be put on display. "It will not be released back into the wild," a spokeswoman said. "As it is an iconic animal, the crocodile will not be harmed or killed."

Two smaller crocs trapped in the Endeavour River near where Booker disappeared will probably be released.

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2). Rangers have released photographs of a 3.5m male saltwater crocodile lurking in the waterways of a Queensland island popular for swimming. The crocodile has mainly taken up residence in the mangroves of Magnetic Island, which is a short ocean ferry ride from the city of Townsville Queensland's far north, the Townsville Bulletin reports.

Outspoken Kennedy MP Bob Katter yesterday slammed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for monitoring rather than removing the large predator from an area frequented by swimmers. The saltwater croc surfaced in the island's Cockle Bay last week, around the corner from the main swimming area in Picnic Bay.

The EPA said there had not been any further sightings of the reptile, however if spotted again in the area, it would be removed if it was deemed a problem. An agency spokeswoman yesterday said rangers believed the croc had moved away from the island again.

However, Mr Katter accused the agency of putting the animal ahead of humans. "It will remain in a situation where it can continue to threaten human beings," he said. "The prevailing attitude is quite extraordinary. "The number of people who would protect crocodiles and not human beings is significant. "If they love this crocodile so much, I strongly recommend they spend more time with it, and less time with the human beings, for which they have no respect at all. "There's been a human being torn to pieces here."

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1 comment:

  1. MP Bob Katter is right about Saltwater Crocodile.
    Salwater crocodile is not an Australian restricted spicies,not restricted only to Australian land, its abundant around Asia and many other parts of the world. In Australia they overpopulated, because practicly has no natural enemies ad versa,enjoy human protection.The number of death killed by Saltwater crocodile is about 1.3 in every year,increasing, but people free movements,- basic human right- is restricted in many areas, including many urban area, because safety reason. We can harwest fish from the sea, killing dingoes, but Saltiwater crocodile tabu. Have not ben carried out adequate research in Australia about saltwater crocodile numbers, distribution,movement,- specially concern between Australian mainland and overseas terrytory or interaction on high seas with other Saltwater crocodiles-, health, phisical condition, effects on other spicies including other endangered and close to extinct species, like dugong and sea turtels, wich use to live on salwater crocodile territory and became crocodile food paradoxonly.What Wildlife Protection Act is this and when was last time over revied this Act ? Also many new reptile disease in Australia wich origin its unknown, like frog fungus, wich wiping out Australian endemic frog spicies! Saltwater crocodile has not quaranteened by AQIS and unrestrictedly free entry at any time on main land in Australia.Nobody has consern this before, but turist if try to bring a crocodile head into Australia, huhhhh... And of course the risk is increasing paralell with the number of the saltwater crocodile.
    Sincerely
    Tibor Fiers, Australia,
    email tib.8455@gmail.com

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