The latest crocodile attack is tragic – but the Northern Territory doesn’t have a croc problem
- Written by Brandon Michael Sideleau, PhD student studying human-saltwater crocodile conflict, Charles Darwin University
Late last week, the remains of a missing 12-year-old girl were found after she was taken by a saltwater crocodile in the Northern Territory.
The incident occurred in a waterway known as Mango Creek near the community of Nganmarriyanga/Palumpa in the remote and sparsely populated West Daly region, about 350 kilometres southwest of Darwin.
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