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Northern Territory: Debatte um Safari-Jagd flammt nach Krokodilangriff wieder auf
THE AUSTRALIAN (Sydney, Australia) 11 July 06 Girl's death spurs crocodile dispute (Ashleigh Wilson)
The death of a girl from a crocodile attack has inflamed debate over managing the predator in the Northern Territory, with experts claiming their warnings about rising crocodile numbers were ignored.
Police and Parks and Wildlife rangers shot two crocodiles yesterday along the remote Blythe River, near the Aboriginal community of Ramingining in Arnhem Land, where the eight-year-old was taken while collecting water on Saturday night.
While the shot crocodiles were believed to be the only ones in the river capable of such an attack, no sign of the girl's body was found, Commander Greg Dowd said.
"They have done autopsies onthose crocodiles to check stomach contents and they have not found any human remains," Commander Dowd said.
"We are continuing to look for the girl's remains, conducting water-based and land-based searches all along the edges of the river."
The girl, from the Aboriginal community of Maningrida, had been visiting relatives at the Gadji outstation. Her name has not been released.
Her uncle, Ronnie Barramala, said the crocodile probably hid the body on the river bank.
Crocodile numbers had to be reduced, he added.
"They're pests," he told the ABC. "Too many, too many."
While the Northern Territory Government has ruled out a cull, the attack has revived calls for limited safari hunting in remote parts of the Top End.
Environment Minister Ian Campbell last year knocked back a proposal to allow overseas hunters to kill 25 of the 600 crocodiles culled each year.
But, as The Australian revealed in April, the plan was set to be approved before celebrity conservationist Steve Irwin lobbied against it.
Crocodile expert Grahame Webb said locals wanted to manage the estimated 70,000 crocodiles in the Territory.
"They have just lost a child and the crocodiles in that area generate nothing for the local people, so they get no tradeoff at all," Mr Webb said.
"People in Maningrida are saying to me they're fed up to the teeth with people making decisions about the crocodiles that they have to live with. In other words, they should be in charge of their own destiny."
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The death of a girl from a crocodile attack has inflamed debate over managing the predator in the Northern Territory, with experts claiming their warnings about rising crocodile numbers were ignored.
Police and Parks and Wildlife rangers shot two crocodiles yesterday along the remote Blythe River, near the Aboriginal community of Ramingining in Arnhem Land, where the eight-year-old was taken while collecting water on Saturday night.
While the shot crocodiles were believed to be the only ones in the river capable of such an attack, no sign of the girl's body was found, Commander Greg Dowd said.
"They have done autopsies onthose crocodiles to check stomach contents and they have not found any human remains," Commander Dowd said.
"We are continuing to look for the girl's remains, conducting water-based and land-based searches all along the edges of the river."
The girl, from the Aboriginal community of Maningrida, had been visiting relatives at the Gadji outstation. Her name has not been released.
Her uncle, Ronnie Barramala, said the crocodile probably hid the body on the river bank.
Crocodile numbers had to be reduced, he added.
"They're pests," he told the ABC. "Too many, too many."
While the Northern Territory Government has ruled out a cull, the attack has revived calls for limited safari hunting in remote parts of the Top End.
Environment Minister Ian Campbell last year knocked back a proposal to allow overseas hunters to kill 25 of the 600 crocodiles culled each year.
But, as The Australian revealed in April, the plan was set to be approved before celebrity conservationist Steve Irwin lobbied against it.
Crocodile expert Grahame Webb said locals wanted to manage the estimated 70,000 crocodiles in the Territory.
"They have just lost a child and the crocodiles in that area generate nothing for the local people, so they get no tradeoff at all," Mr Webb said.
"People in Maningrida are saying to me they're fed up to the teeth with people making decisions about the crocodiles that they have to live with. In other words, they should be in charge of their own destiny."
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...7-2702,00.html
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