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Rangers shot dead a 14-foot crocodile after it killed a girl swimming in an Australian 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. The girl’s death was the first fatal crocodile attack in the...
Crocodiles cannot outnumber people in Australian territory where girl was killed, leader says
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Crocodile numbers in Australia's Northern Territory must be either maintained or reduced and cannot be allowed to outstrip the human population, the territory's leader said after a 12-year-old girl was killed while swimming. The crocodile population...
Police find remains of girl snatched by a crocodile while swimming in northern Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police on Thursday found the remains of a 12-year-old girl, two days after she was snatched by a crocodile while swimming in a creek in remote northern Australia. The remains were found in the river system near where the girl vanished at the Indigenous...
