{"id":108441,"date":"2024-08-05T14:49:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T14:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/05\/crocodile-who-killed-man-while-on-holiday-with-family-euthanised-as-australia-sees-second-fatal-attack-in-a-month\/"},"modified":"2024-08-05T14:49:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T14:49:12","slug":"crocodile-who-killed-man-while-on-holiday-with-family-euthanised-as-australia-sees-second-fatal-attack-in-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/05\/crocodile-who-killed-man-while-on-holiday-with-family-euthanised-as-australia-sees-second-fatal-attack-in-a-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Crocodile who ‘killed man while on holiday with family’ euthanised as Australia sees second fatal attack in a month"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A crocodile who is believed to have fatally attacked a man while he was on holiday with his wife and children has been killed.<\/p>\n

The 40-year-old, from New South Wales, was the second person in just over a month to die of a crocodile attack in Australia.<\/p>\n

He had been fishing on Saturday while on holiday with his wife and children, travelling through Queensland with a trailer, police said.<\/p>\n

Government conservation officer Daniel Guymer said the man fell into the Annan River south of Cooktown.<\/p>\n

His body has not been recovered.<\/p>\n

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Cooktown resident Bart Harrison said the steep bank had collapsed underneath the victim’s feet, sending him more than 20ft into the river which is renowned as a crocodile habitat.<\/p>\n

“It’s straight up and down. It’s a hairy spot to be fishing,” Mr Harrison said.<\/p>\n

“We grew up watching the crocs swim around there and I wouldn’t go near that edge. There’re always one or two big crocodiles living there.”<\/p>\n

Mr Guymer said the suspected crocodile, which had a scar on its snout, was found in a creek 2.5 miles away from the scene of the accident. Witnesses saw crocodiles in the area, known by locals as Crocodile Bend.<\/p>\n

The crocodile was “humanely euthanised” by wildlife officers, Mr Guymer said.<\/p>\n

It comes after a 12-year-old girl was snatched<\/a><\/strong> on 2 July while swimming with family in a creek in the neighbouring Northern Territory.<\/p>\n

Her remains were found days later and wildlife rangers shot dead her 14ft killer.<\/p>\n

There have now been a total of three fatal crocodile attacks in Australia this year, close to the worst annual death toll on record of four in 2014.<\/p>\n

A 16-year-old boy was killed while swimming off a Queensland island on 18 April.<\/p>\n

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Government authorities are investigating a social media video that appears to show a crocodile being fed in the same river where the latest incident occurred.<\/p>\n

Mr Guymer warned that feeding dangerous wildlife in Queensland was an offence punishable by a fine of almost 6,500 Australian dollars (around \u00a33,300).<\/p>\n

“It is, of course, a very, very concerning behaviour. It’s very risky and it’s very reckless,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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