Crocodile sightings leads to calls for them to be CULLED

Two separate sightings of crocodiles only metres from the shore at packed beaches in far north Queensland have led to fears a swimmer will soon be attacked.

A two-metre maneater walking onto the sand at Cairns and a three-metre monster in the shallows at Townsville, left beachgoers in shock over the weekend.

Already this year there have been two fatal attacks in the state and now a number of local politicians are calling for a cull, fearing there may soon be another death at the mouth of a croc.

 

An increase in the number of crocodile sightings in recent months has led to calls for ‘urgent action’, with fears an attack may be fatal (Pictured is a crocodile at Adelaide River, in the NT)

A saltwater crocodile wandered up onto Kewarra Beach in the Far North on Friday night at 6pm

A saltwater crocodile wandered up onto Kewarra Beach in the Far North on Friday night at 6pm

Federal MP Bob Katter is calling for 'urgent action' after a spate of recent sightings at packed beaches in tourist hot spots

Federal MP Bob Katter is calling for ‘urgent action’ after a spate of recent sightings at packed beaches in tourist hot spots

Federal MP Bob Katter, who has been known to be anti-crocs, is calling for ‘urgent action’ after the recent appearances at packed beaches in tourist hot spots.

Most worryingly, the reptile at Kewara Beach near Cairns was not deterred by many swimmers nearby, with the crocodile sat up on the sand for close to 30 minutes.

Two days later and a few hundred kilometres south, another monster reptile swam by a popular swimming area in Townsville, also in far north Queensland.

The sightings have led locals to call for increased crocodile management, with locals saying unless changes are made the results could be devastating.

‘It’s not a good situation for us to be in as a community,’ local councillor Brett Olds told the Cairns Post.

‘It’s not good enough and there is going to be a kid taken soon.’

In March this year there was a fatal attack at Palmer Point, in Queensland, killing 35-year-old fisherman Warren Hughes.

The remains of missing elderly woman Anne Cameron were found inside a 4.5-metre croc at Craiglie Creek, near Port Douglas, in October.

Earlier this year fishermen took matters into their own hands, killing this 5.2-metre animal near Townsville (pictured)

Earlier this year fishermen took matters into their own hands, killing this 5.2-metre animal near Townsville (pictured)

The biggest crocodile reportedly ever seen in Australia was this 9.7-metre monster at Mackay, in Queensland on May 16, 1951

The biggest crocodile reportedly ever seen in Australia was this 9.7-metre monster at Mackay, in Queensland on May 16, 1951

'The fact is that the croc numbers have exploded over the last 10 years… and the crocs need to be removed,' Mr Katter (pictured) said

‘The fact is that the croc numbers have exploded over the last 10 years… and the crocs need to be removed,’ Mr Katter (pictured) said

Angry locals have previously matters into their own hands, with a number of massive maneaters being killed in recent years.

In September, a 5.2-metre croc was shot dead in the Fitzroy River at Townsville, while weeks earlier authorities had to kill a two-metre beast when it got too close to public in Cairns.

Another reptile was found floating dead in the water with a bullet wound in its head in early December, also in far north Queensland. 

Mr Katter admitted he was worried about how comfortable the animals appeared when near humans.

‘In the last 10-12 days we’ve have had a croc in the swimming enclosure at Machans Beach, in the swimming enclosure at Palm Cove, a sighting at the beach at Port Douglas, an attack upon a tourist in the Daintree and now a sighting at Kewarra,’ he said. 

There has been two deaths from crocodiles in Queensland this year, with worried locals saying 'there is going to be a kid taken soon'

There has been two deaths from crocodiles in Queensland this year, with worried locals saying ‘there is going to be a kid taken soon’

‘The fact is that the croc numbers have exploded over the last 10 years… and the crocs need to be removed.’

But it’s seemingly not just humans at risk from the hungry reptiles.

Multiple videos of massive maneaters turning cannibal have surfaced recently, with the crocs more than happy to feast on their own kind.

In April epic footage showed the moment a large salt water crocodile swam through a waterway with its prey, a smaller croc, hanging from its mouth. 

The video of the dominant monster devouring its prey was captured in Kununurra, Western Australia.

Multiple videos of massive maneaters turning cannibal have surfaced recently, with the crocs more than happy to feast on their own kind

Multiple videos of massive maneaters turning cannibal have surfaced recently, with the crocs more than happy to feast on their own kind



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