Crocodiles
Croc closes Cable Beach
A 3.5 metre crocodile closed Cable Beach to swimmers over the weekend.
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Wyndham: Croc farm to close
Wyndham crocodile farm is winding down operations, partly because of lack of water.
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Rainfall has been too low over the last couple of years to fill the croc farm dam.
The owner hopes to sell the animals to a potential new crocodile farm in Kununurra.
Otherwise they would have to be sold to a zoo in the south, or worse still, sold for hides.
The West Regional [read this story]
Dampier Creek: New croc trap
Crocodiles are appearing in such numbers now that a permanent trap is to be installed at Dampier Creek.
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Derby: Men hide from crocs overnight
Four men spent the night perched in mangrove trees to avoid crocodiles after their dinghy overturned on Sunday.
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A helicopter was able to rescue them during a break in the weather on Monday morning.
The West Australian [read this story]
Police say they are lucky to be alive, and should never have gone fishing in such bad weather.
A Dornier search aircraft, send to find them from Darwin, had had to turn back because of the storms.
Broome: ‘Little support’ for crocodile cull
Broome fishing club’s president says there would be very little local support for the Premier’s crocodile control plan.
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Lange’s Crossing: Croc warning sign stolen
Someone has stolen a crocodile warning sign at Lange’s Crossing on the Fitzroy River.
Courtesy DEC
The Department of Parks and Wildlife installed the sign to alert visitors, after reports of an aggressive crocodile at the popular fishing spot last month.
“People who think stealing these signs for a souvenir is just a bit of harmless fun probably don’t realise they are putting the safety of others at risk,” a spokesman said.
DPaW [read this story]
Premier to get ‘tough’ on crocs
Premier Colin Barnett says he is considering “taking tougher action” on crocodiles.
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His comments came after the 11th sighting of a saltwater crocodile near Broome this season, and the general drift of the animals further south as water temperatures increase.
ninemsn [read this story]
Broome: Croc alert
A three-to-four metre crocodile has been spotted near Reddell Beach, heading towards the port.
Courtesy DEC
Shire media officer Simon Penn said Entrance Point had not been closed.
“Shire Rangers and the Department of Parks and Wildlife are monitoring the situation,” Mr Penn said.
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