Guest WishIdneverleft Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 MARCH 2009: Briony Goodsell, 11, taken by croc swimming with her seven-year-old sister and two friends, aged 10 and 12, in Black Jungle Swamp in outskirts of rural Darwin. FEBRUARY 2009: Five-year-old Jeremy Doble killed in the Daintree River in far north Queensland after following his dog into the river where his parents run a tour company. SEPTEMBER 2008: Vietnam veteran Arthur Booker, 62, taken while checking crab pots at a holiday campsite on the Endeavour River near Cooktown in far north Queensland. JULY 2006: Eight-year-old girl killed by a five-metre crocodile near Maningrida. SEPTEMBER 2005: Darwin man Russell August Butel, 55, taken off the Cobourg Peninsula, NT SEPTEMBER 2005: Briton Russell Harris, 37, attacked by 4m crocodile snorkelling off Groote Eylandt, NT, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. AUGUST 2005: Fisherman Barry Jefferies killed when croc grabbed his arm and pulled him from a canoe at Lakefield National Park. DECEMBER 2003: Brett Mann, 22, attacked wading into Finniss River, 80km from Darwin. OCTOBER 2002: Isabel von Jordan, a 24-year-old student from Germany, was killed by a 5m croc in Kakadu billabong. DECEMBER 1998: Peter Munkara, 34, an artist from Melville Island, north of Darwin, was found near the island's Paru boat ramp with crocodile bite marks on his body. AUGUST 1998: Body of man in 20s found in Roper River, 500km southeast of Darwin. DECEMBER 1997: A man killed trying to swim across the Daly River, 230km south of Darwin. NOVEMBER 1994: Graham Freeman, 28, a croc handler at croc farm, near Innisfail, Qld, attacked by 4m croc in a tourist demonstration. MAY 1990: Albert Juzelionas, 43, a Jabiru Telecom worker, killed off Groote Eylandt. OCTOBER 1988: Alex Bururru, 25, of Maningrida, killed in Cato River near Nhulunbuy, NT. JUNE 1987: Cornwall Mooka, 37, of Mabuiag Island in north Queensland, killed by 3.3m croc. MARCH 1987: US model Ginger Meadows, 24, was taken by a 3m croc while swimming in the Prince Regent River in WA's Kimberley region. MARCH 1987: Kerry McLoughlin, 40, a Jabiru storeman, decapitated by a 5.1m crocodile while wading at Cahill's Crossing on the East Alligator River in Kakadu. SEPTEMBER 1986: Lee McLeod, 39, from Borroloola, killed by 5.1m croc while sleeping on the bank of the McArthur River. DECEMBER 1985: Berryl Wruck, 43, of Daintree in north Queensland, attacked in 45cm of water in a creek off Daintree River. 1980: Paul Flanagan swimming at night near Wyndham in WA when attacked. 1980: Bakurra Munyarryun was fishing in Cato River when attacked. 1979: Trevor Gaghan killed while skindiving near Nhulunbuy, NT. 1975: Peter Reimer, 32, killed wading in a creek near Weipa, Queensland. Australia's history of fatal attacks | News | Northern Territory News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perthbum Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Not many then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WishIdneverleft Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Not many then. An inquest into the crocodile death of an 11-year-old girl has heard that crocodile populations in the Northern Territory have exploded to reach pre-European settlement levels. Briony Goodsell was taken by a crocodile in a creek near her home in Darwin's rural area last March. Today, a coronial inquest into her death heard that crocodile populations in the Territory could be up to 150,000. The Territory's director of biodiversity conservation, Dr John Woinarski, says crocodile populations in the NT have reached levels not seen since before European settlement. He said the numbers are very close to reaching a plateau. Dr Woinarski said crocodiles are now in areas they had never been before. When crocodile hunting was banned in 1971 the animals numbered less than 10,000. Another crocodile expert has told the inquest that partial culling of the reptiles may make it more dangerous. Crocodile researcher, Grahame Webb, told the inquest that eradication is the only way to guarantee public safety. He said if only the less wary crocodiles are culled, it may become more dangerous because other crocodiles will be hidden. Mr Webb said a crocodile management program should aim to eradicate crocodiles in urban areas. He raised concerns that any public safety plan would need to be approved by the Commonwealth which insists on the humane treatment of crocodiles. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-03-23/inquest-told-nt-croc-population-has-exploded/376148 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perthbum Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Why not a thread on the history of bee attacks, they kill far more people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Cheery stuff :frown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Interesting ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perthbum Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Cheery stuff :frown: You have more cance of being hit by a falling dead seagull than killed by a croc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perthbum Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Interesting ! Is that reply with your mod hat on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 You have more cance of being hit by a falling dead seagull than killed by a croc round here your more likely to be attacked by a crazy live seagull lol. I wouldnt be going anywhere near the crocs, they scare me! i respect them enough not to go messing with them lol. I guess its just part of NT. Just like snakes and spiders all over oz - you've just got to be careful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WishIdneverleft Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 [h=1]Top End crocodile control strategies questioned[/h] By Rick Hind Posted June 20, 2012 11:26:07 Photo: Environment Department estimates put the current Top End crocodile population at approximately 100,00 non-hatchling crocs. (David Gray: Reuters) Map: Darwin 0800 The Northern Territory Opposition has used budget estimates hearings to question efforts to control the number of saltwater crocodiles in the Top End that could encroach on Darwin. The Country Liberals' Peter Chandler asked what happened to a Government promise made to establish a 50 kilometre crocodile exclusion zone after 11-year-old Briony Goodsell was taken by a crocodile in a rural area of Darwin three years ago. He then asked how a crocodile management plan could be effective when the last crocodile census was conducted in the 1980s. "How can we have an effective management program, one that really understands the resources required, if we do not know what the numbers are?" he asked. Environment Department department representative Aleric Fisher replied that the government does intensive, river by river, surveys. "Our current (population) figure is approximately 100,00 non-hatchling crocodiles," he said. He says crocodile numbers are tapering off in some rivers but in others they are still slowly increasing. The budget estimates hearings have also been told that the culling of feral camels in central Australia is about to rapidly accelerate. Environment Minister Karl Hampton spoke of the Territory's involvement in a three-year scheme to reduce numbers of the estimated million camels roaming across the red centre. "Almost 25,000 camels have been aerially culled in the Northern Territory, at an overall operation cost of $40 per camel," he said. Department chief executive Jim Grant says 50,000 camels will be culled in the next year. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-20/crocodile-control-questions-budget-estimates/4081578?section=nt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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