crocodile culling

culling term-removing or killing

this is a article on the issue of overpopulation(vast growth of crocidiles in queensland

after you read the article tell me your thoughts

AUSTRALIA: March 23, 2007

SYDNEY - Fears that crocodile numbers have exploded in northern Australia, with more sightings off surf beaches, in swimming holes and near towns, have sparked calls for the re-introduction of crocodile culling.

But a new saltwater crocodile conservation plan for the tropical state of Queensland proposes instead to slap heavy fines up to A$7,500 (US$6,000) on swimmers caught in crocodile waters, as a means of separating man from man-eater. "It's a classic example of lateral thinking," Queensland politician Bob Katter said on Thursday in ridiculing the plan. "Instead of removing the crocs, they're going to remove human beings," said Katter, who believes crocodile culling should be re-introduced as the prehistoric-looking creatures venture closer to populated towns and beaches. Commercial hunting of crocodiles was banned in the 1970s, and many people in northern Queensland believe crocodile numbers have exploded, saying crocodiles now cruise beaches, boat harbours and freshwater swimming holes used by locals and tourists. Surf lifesavers at Forrest Beach near Townsville in northern Queensland have spotted six crocodiles in the water since December. "I think that there should be a bounty paid on crocodiles for a period of time and in selected areas and I think that there should be proper armaments provided to people to be able to do that cull," Katter told local radio recently. "Surely people have the right to protect their kids from a dangerous predatory animal," he said. "Action needs to be taken to cull them and push them out of settled areas. Shoot the bastards. The people who tell us we can't shoot them would die of fright if they saw one." Another Queensland politician, national Senator Ian Macdonald, who also backs crocodile culling, said the new conservation plan favoured animals over humans. "I'm a great conservationist, but when it comes to people's lives as opposed to an explosion in crocodile population then I will always pick people's lives. There will be a tragedy," Macdonald said. But the Queensland Environment Minister Lindy Nelson-Carr rejected fears that crocodile numbers had exploded. "It's more likely that more people are visiting or moving into croc habitat, and so more people are noticing crocs," she said this week in releasing the conservation plan. "Saltwater crocodiles are a vulnerable species with only about 30,000 believed to be left in the wild in Queensland." But some crocodile experts estimate there could be 65,000 to 70,000 crocodiles in Queensland state. Nelson-Carr said the conservation plan was a balanced approach to managing crocodiles. "In developing this plan, the Environmental Protection Agency aimed to get the balance right between public safety, sustainable commercial use of saltwater crocodiles and protecting these ancient, vulnerable animals in the wild," she said. "Crocodiles are one of Australia's native predators that keep the ecosystem functioning and without them, Queensland would be a very different place." (US$1=A$1.24) (Editing by Rosalind Russell)

Story by Michael Perry

REUTERS NEWS SERVICE

NO way!!! they shouldn't kill crocs they've been around since lyk the dinosaurs they are lyk living history NO KILLING!!!

they say that the population between humans and the crocs is getting a little to big for the state

SO!!! then just move the crocs or the people dont kill them!!

RyderNW9 wrote:SO!!! then just move the crocs or the people dont kill them!!

iam am just relaying the message thats all

i have no positive outlook on what they are trying to do

we are the newest species on this planet

but we also need to protect the our young, so the people should move away from the crocs

if steve was alive he would tell them how to handle the situation

s8ntnick wrote:

RyderNW9 wrote:SO!!! then just move the crocs or the people dont kill them!!

iam am just relaying the message thats all

i have no positive outlook on what they are trying to do

we are the newest species on this planet

but we also need to protect the our young so the people should move away from the crocs

if steve was alive he would tell them how to handle the situation

lol yeah his death was tragic

i can feel the hurt!!lol!

yh i feel sad that Steve died that guy was awesome, but at least he died doing what he loved..... i suppose

the camera man should have notice the stingray and not taken out the poisonous needle

he should have left it in there and just rushed to get the antibiotics

yh i know, but wat was realy bad is that i heard people from Australia and all around the world started to kill stingrays and thats not wat Steve would have wanted

lol i hate that camera man

yh bout the stingrays

i think that they should not have done that even his wife told them to stop because thats not what steve would have wanted

yeah its nature deal with it
it was bound to happen if u play with danger

yep so true

i wanna go observe and research bout' crocs evolution..

crocs have not evolved just like how sharks have not either why because they dont need to they are intelligent reptiles and fish millions of years have passed and their still here

s8ntnick wrote:crocs have not evolved just like how sharks have not either why because they dont need to they are intelligent reptiles and fish millions of years have passed and their still here

aww.. is that so? dunno that

didnt mean to sound ignorant just having a convo lol,,,

yea crocs have been here just as long as dinosaurs if not longer,,,what they did do was adapt