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Crocodile killed after ranger attack in Queensland

A crocodile has been euthanised after attacking a ranger in Queensland.

Crocodiles seen at Koorana Crocodile Farm in Rockhampton, Sept. 7, 2009. A tour of Rockhampton's Koorana Crocodile Farm lets you get up close and personal with its reptilian residents. (AAP Image/Jessica Marszalek) NO ARCHIVING
Φώτο αρχείου Source: AAP Image/Jessica Marszalek

The off-duty ranger who poked crocodile's eye to free himself suffered hand and leg injuries when attacked while fly fishing at Cape York Peninsula.

The 54-year-old made it back to his vehicle and drove himself about an hour home to seek medical help.

The Queensland Department of Environment and Science said a helicopter spotted the 2.8-metre crocodile on Tuesday night in the ocean near the attack site, and that it had been humanely euthanised.


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By Stergos Kastelloriou

Source: AAP




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