Crocodile catch: conservationists warn against proposed Queensland cull

Katter Australia party calling for 20% of crocodiles in north Queensland to be killed in response to recent attack and 'explosion' in numbersSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityThe disappearance of a fisher in a suspected crocodile attack in northern Queensland has renewed a decades-old debate about whether to cull the apex predators, with one political party saying numbers should be reduced by up to one-fifth.If confirmed, the latest attack that occurred in the Kennedy River in Rinyirru national park on Saturday, will bring the number of crocodile attacks since 2021 to seven. That number includes a fatality in February 2021, when a 69-year-old fisher went missing at Hinchinbrook Island. The government has previously said the number of nonfatal attacks was increasing.Sign up to receive Guardian Australia's fortnightly Rural Network email newsletter Continue reading...