Crocodiles
Winjanna Gorge: Survey nets plenty of crocs
Bunuba Rangers and wildlife officers have caught and released about half the freshwater crocs in two dry-season pools.
Freshwater crocodile
They took measurements and genetic samples in a bid to learn more about the crocodiles before cane toads arrive.
Science Network [read this story]
Lake Kununurra: Salty croc spotted
A Kununurra resident has photographed a saltwater crocodile near Carlton Gorge.
Courtesy DEC
Aboriginal Rangers and the Department of Parks and Wildlife will work to remove the animal.
7 News [read this story]
Kununurra and Broome: Officers to remove crocs
DPaW says its staff will remove problem crocodiles from Kununurra and Broome rather than kill them.
Courtesy DEC
Broome Advertiser [read this story]
Wyndham crocs going to Darwin
The former Wyndham crocodile farm is selling all of its stock to a Darwin crocodile farm.
Courtesy DEC
All 30 animals have been bought and are expected to be used as breeding stock.
Croc closes Cable Beach
A 3.5 metre crocodile closed Cable Beach to swimmers over the weekend.
Courtesy DEC
The West Australian [read this story]
Wyndham: Croc farm to close
Wyndham crocodile farm is winding down operations, partly because of lack of water.
Courtesy DEC
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.
Courtesy DEC
Derby: Men hide from crocs overnight
Four men spent the night perched in mangrove trees to avoid crocodiles after their dinghy overturned on Sunday.
Courtesy DEC
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.
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