Huge Crocodile Captured but Not the One Rangers Targeted

A massive crocodile has been captured a day after wildlife officers set a trap in north Queensland. However rangers have revealed the three-metre reptile they snared at Cardwell Marina north of Townsville was not the “problem crocodile” they were targeting. A baited floating trap was set up this week in a bid to capture a large crocodile that had been behaving aggressively around local boats and had reportedly taken a dog at the marina. “The targeted animal had been declared a problem crocodile after reportedly lunging at the resident of a houseboat in April, then repeatedly swimming around the vessel,” a Department of Environment, Science and Innovation statement said....