tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post4421348217863580359..comments2024-01-20T10:32:53.309+10:00Comments on CairnsBlog.net: 'Crocodiles must go from Cairns and Port Douglas' - Michael Trout MPMichael P Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02890121680113642715noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-35228081922519052082012-09-06T11:08:43.601+10:002012-09-06T11:08:43.601+10:00Peter, the common sense you're referring to is...Peter, the common sense you're referring to is only applicable if it's backed up with knowledge about crocodile's ecology. Recent and ongoing research revealed that crocodiles have incredible homing instinct and are capable to return over hundreds of kilometers to where they were "taken" from. Relocation doesn't work and crocodile farms are not interested in wild caught crocs because they are nuisance. So, what are we going to do with all the captured crocodiles? The reason there were few and far between crocs around in the sixties is because there were shot out to the brink of extinction. Do we want them at that level again? <br /><br />As wstarck said, it's very expensive to remove crocodiles and with the current Government's move to slash gov, employment, they're not going to hire an army of crocodile catchers. Besides, safety in our waterways can never be 100% guaranteed unless the rivers are patrolled 24/7.<br /><br />Of course someone will be taken by a crocodile in our region sometimes in the future, just like there will be many people killed on the roads or in workplace accidents. Do you drive your car like a maniac? Hopefully not, just like you won't go swimming in crocodile habitats - that's common sense!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18256224531549858002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-35439189312754319652012-09-05T09:47:05.555+10:002012-09-05T09:47:05.555+10:00Trying to catch and remove crocs over a significan...Trying to catch and remove crocs over a significant area wii be very difficult and expensive. It will also need to be ongoing as more will keep coming in to occupy vacated habitat. When they were regularly hunted they became very wary of humans and stayed well away from us. It might be a lot more effective and less costly to make them fear us again. Use of rubber bullets, tasers or even small caliber rifles to inflict minor wounds could be tried without much cost and could well prove much more effective than catching them. <br /><br />When a new danger appears in their environment, it usually doesn't take long for animals to start avoiding it. This also works to advantage in making them fear us but to disadvantage in trying to trap them.wstarckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442060309585252378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-49415498667101380392012-09-04T10:31:08.134+10:002012-09-04T10:31:08.134+10:00Common sense dictates that all crocs should be rem...Common sense dictates that all crocs should be removed from residential areas as soon as possible. The only question is defining the boundary of 'residential'. That can't be too difficult - except for a professional bureaucrat. But then, 'common sense' was abandoned by bureaucrats years ago. Pathetic....Peter Seniorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079316196049268803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-53751535964487024842012-09-04T09:56:12.332+10:002012-09-04T09:56:12.332+10:00Why not just sell crocodile attack insurance like ...Why not just sell crocodile attack insurance like the NT. Much more cost effective and could fund the dredhging of Trinity Inlet?<br /><br />http://www.tiofi.com.au/wps/wcm/connect/tio/website/insurance/personalproperty/crocodileinsuranceKitchenSluthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15947481064967081891noreply@blogger.com