On Wednesday, police in the town of Bulla in Australia’s Northern Territory shot the crocodile after deeming it a “significant risk to the community.” The animal was barbecued after it was shot by ...

Crocodile attacks in Australia have risen since conservation ... Hannah Osborne is the planet Earth and animals editor at Live Science. Prior to Live Science, she worked for several years at ...

Both the saltwater and freshwater crocodile species are protected in Australia, where hunting the animals has been banned by federal law since 1971 – a time when poaching had driven them close ...