1/27Conservation Commission officers Ross Belcher and David Heard work with Nik Robinson (centre) from the Crocodile Farm to haul a 4.3m saltwater crocodile out of Darwin Harbor and into the boat..
Flashback gallery: Territory croc captures
Capturing and wrangling crocs has always been a tough business over the years in the Northern Territory. We’ve dug through the archives and found some classic pictures
2/27RAAF and Conservation Commission Officers unload a 3.5m Crocodile at the Darwin Airport. Circa: No date.
3/27Parks and Wildlife Rangers Peter Kennedy and Neville Haskins pull a captured crocodile out of the Darwin Habour.
4/27Parks and Wildlife Ranger Neville Haskins with three male saltwater crocodiles were removed from the Shoal Bay region of Darwin Harbour
5/27Roy Marsh enjoyed his visits to Darwin. They gave him the chance to go crocodile shooting with the Haritos brothers. Picture: SUPPLIED by Peter and Shelia Forrest.
6/27Peter Hurt, 10, Anil Shearsby, 6, Jai Shearsby, 10, Tim Hurt, 8 and Wildlife Ranger Peter Kennedy with a captured crocodile.
7/27Constable Kym Chilton of the police forensic department photographs the fishing equipment left on the Rapid Creek bank, the discovery of these abadoned items has raised fears that someone may have been taken by a crocodile.
8/27Conservation Commission Officer Dave West with a crocodile caught at Buffalo Creek.
9/27Gummy the crocodile that starred in the feature film Jedda.
10/27Russell Galvin from Yorkshire Television films a saltwater crocodile at Crocodylus Park for a 10-part documentary series to be aired on the Discovery channel.
11/27The battled-scarred saltwater crocodile ‘Lucky’ of Kakadu National Park who is at least 50-years-old.
12/27Conservation Commission ranger Ross Belcher (left) and Nick Robinson from the Darwin Crocodile Farm with the crocodile they captured on the Howard River just south of Darwin after the crocodile mauled two fishermen.
13/27Conservation Commission Ranger Ross Belcher with the crocodile found in the Jingili Water Gardens.
14/27Conservation Commission ranger Ross Belcher (left) and Nick Robinson from the Darwin Crocodile Farm with the crocodile they captured on the Howard River just south of Darwin after the crocodile mauled two fishermen.
15/27Crocodile Farm workers Nik Robinson and Peter Vanderlinden from the Conservation Commission inspect a captured crocodile.
16/27Conservation Commission wildlife ranger Brett Ottley removes the 1.4m saltwater crocodile from a trap in the Darwin Harbor.
17/27Conservation Commission Ranger Gary Shearsby shines a searchlight through scrubland in search of a rogue crocodile.
18/27Conservation Commission Officers Gary Shearsby (left) and Stewart Woerle with the three crocodiles they caught.
19/27Conservation Commission Rangers load a captured crocodile onto the back of a truck to transport the crocodile to the crocodile farm.
20/27A Conservation Commission Ranger inspects a crocodile caught in a trap.
21/27Conservation Commission Rangers untie the 3.6m crocodile yesterday after it was caught in a trap on the Cox Peninsula.
22/27Nik Robinson and Heldon Graham with Conservation Commission Officers David West and Peter Kennedy with a captured crocodile in the back of a boat. .
23/27A Conservation Commission Ranger holds a baby saltwater crocodile.
24/27Lieutenant-Colonel Mansfield snaps a shot of Charles, 9, and Zoe, 11, and the Conservation Commission’s latest reptilian acquisition from Woods Inlet in Darwin Harbor.
25/27Territory Icon, the crocodile, Sweetheart.
26/27Buck Sallau helps Sweetheart on to the back of a trailer after the giant crocodile had been captured in the Finniss River in 1979
27/27Conservation Commission Rangers and a television crew capture a crocodile in the Darwin Harbour.