There are too many crocs in Australia. Time to unleash the hunters

There are too many crocs in Australia. Time to unleash the hunters

Other countries successfully manage safari-style hunting of dangerous animals such as crocodiles. Why not Australia?

  • byBrad Emery

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When crocodiles attack:Why people become prey

When crocodiles attack:Why people become prey

Crocodiles were almost wiped out but have rebounded since protections were introduced in the 1970s. How common are crocodile attacks and how many people are killed?

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Crocodile spotted at Crocodile Bend in Cooktown
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Crocodile spotted at Crocodile Bend in Cooktown

Social media videos show a large crocodile in the river where a NSW man went missing.

Mega-spiders,crocs and a wild bull. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea

Mega-spiders,crocs and a wild bull. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea

We were too old to trek into the Kimberley,but we did anyway. And I’d do it again in a heartbeat.

  • byAnson Cameron
These men watched a croc kill their friend. Australia doesn’t know,and he’s not the first

These men watched a croc kill their friend. Australia doesn’t know,and he’s not the first

Faced with diminished fish stocks and what they say are outdated Australian government policies,Indonesian fishermen are risking everything.

  • byZach Hope andAmilia Rosa
Teenager dies in suspected crocodile attack on island in Torres Strait

Teenager dies in suspected crocodile attack on island in Torres Strait

A teenager has died after a suspected crocodile attack on an island in the Torres Strait.

  • bySavannah Meacham andLaine Clark
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‘Maybe we could put 100 crocs in a city park’:A conservation issue gets snappy

‘Maybe we could put 100 crocs in a city park’:A conservation issue gets snappy

Booming saltwater crocodile numbers have led to calls to separate the predators from people – and new dilemmas.

  • byFrank Robson
Crocodile attack leaves nine-year-old boy in critical condition

Crocodile attack leaves nine-year-old boy in critical condition

The young boy was airlifted to Royal Darwin Hospital in a critical but stable condition.

  • byNeve Brissenden
Search for crocodile that leapt into tinnie with ‘jaws wide open’

Search for crocodile that leapt into tinnie with ‘jaws wide open’

Queensland wildlife officers are searching for a large crocodile that reportedly jumped into a fisherman’s tinnie near Mackay.

  • bySean Parnell
Croc attacks soldiers,now Defence must defend itself from jaws of law

Croc attacks soldiers,now Defence must defend itself from jaws of law

The Department of Defence has been handed a 7000-page brief of evidence after being taken to court over two soldiers being mauled in a crocodile attack.

  • byCheryl Goodenough