Rangers shot dead a 14-foot crocodile after it killed a girl swimming in an Australian creek

Australian rangers kill crocodile that fatally attacked 12-year-old girl swimming in creek

Rangers have shot dead a 14-foot crocodile in northern Australia after it killed a 12-year-old girl while she was swimming with her family last week, police said Wednesday.The girl’s death was the first fatal crocodile attack in the Northern Territory since 2018 when an Indigenous woman was killed while gathering mussels in a river. The attack has rekindled debate on whether more should be done to curb the crocodile population in the Northern Te…

14-foot crocodile that killed girl swimming in Australian creek is shot dead by rangers, police say

Wildlife rangers had been attempting to trap or shoot the crocodile since the 12-year-old girl was attacked last week.

Rangers shoot massive crocodile after it killed girl swimming in Australian creek

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Rangers have shot dead a 4.2-metre crocodile in northern Australia after it killed a 12-year-old girl while she was swimming with her family last week, police said Wednesday.

14-foot crocodile killed a girl swimming in creek

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Rangers have shot dead a 4.2-meter (14-foot) crocodile in northern Australia after it killed a 12-year-old girl while she was swimming with her family last week, police said Wednesday. Second mother swallowed whole by python in a month The girl’s death was the first fatal crocodile attack in the Northern Territory since 2018 when an Indigenous woman was killed while gathering mussels in a river. The attack ha…

Sq.m. Australia, in the Northern Territory, shot the pulse of a crocodile, more than 4m long, as it surged out of the water after biting a 12-year-old girl extinguished a week earlier, leaving the family deeply grieving.

The crocodile could be shot dead after a police analysis confirmed that it was the crocodile that attacked the girl.