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George Craig feeds a chicken to salt water crocodile “Cassius” at Green Island on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, 2011.

Crocodile hunter bonded with the biggest specimen in captivity

The more Craig understood the ways of the crocodile, the less he wanted to kill them.

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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?

  • Brad Emery
A crocodile on the banks of the Daintree River.

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?

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

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

  • Anson Cameron
Papela fishermen demonstrate how Laudi was taken by a crocodile.

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Faced with diminished fish stocks and what they say are outdated Australian government policies, Indonesian fishermen are risking everything.

  • Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
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A teen has been killed by a crocodile on Saibai Island in the 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.

  • Savannah Meacham and Laine Clark

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‘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.

  • Frank Robson
A crocodile in Kakadu attacked the child.

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.

  • Neve Brissenden

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