DARWIN: Wildlife rangers had trapped a 4.4-meter saltwater crocodile at a tourist destination in Australia’s Northern Territory, the biggest caught in the area in years, a wildlife ranger said. He said he did not know of a larger croc caught in the Flora River. Crocodile numbers have been increasing across Australia’s tropical north since federal law made them a protected species in the early 1970s. The captured croc had been taken to a crocodile farm to become part of a breeding program. The crocs are trapped in large cages baited with wild pig and other meats and submerged in waterways.

Source: Manila Times September 03, 2020 16:07 UTC