August 13, 2024 2:51 PM

Cull or caution: Australia weighs tactics to thin crocodile numbers

A mottled yellow-green and brown saltwater crocodile lies mostly submerged in the muddy waters of an Australian river, only its ochre eyes visible above a triangular snout as it scans for prey. When just such a reptile killed Charlene O'Sullivan's daughter 15 years ago, her first thought was that every one of the predators should be killed or caught around her home city of Darwin, to spare others from similar heartbreak. Now she prefers a less drastic safety measure: education. "I initially p...