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NEWS
The CROC PRESS
Regular coverage of crocodilians and people in headlines worldwide.
Wes von Papineäu News Page Editor Email: crocnews@crocodopolis.net _________________________________________________
Week of 17 June 07
Your illustrious News Page Editor has been on break for several weeks and will return soon... -I.D.
22 June 07 Loose gator netted in Pennsylvania
Yesterday afternoon, a loose alligator's leisurely sunbathing in Pennyback Creek, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, USA, was rudely interrupted by animal control officers. By noon today, the gator had a new address: the Elmwood Park Zoo's wetlands exhibit, near otters, flamingos, turtles and small wading birds.
"He's pretty friendly," said Warminster public works director, Buddy Mullen. "If you rub him underneath his neck a little bit, he likes that." http://www.philly.com/philly/news/8129332.html
22 June 07 Lawmakers: Okay to feed Wild alligators in Louisiana
The House of the Louisiana, USA, State Legislature soundly defeated a bill that would have banned the intentional feeding of wild alligators, with opponents mocking the measure and claiming it would take wildlife agents away from more important work.
"Are our citizens randomly running into swamps and feeding wild alligators?" Rep. Jean-Paul Morrell, D-New Orleans, asked Rep. William Daniel, R-Baton Rouge, who was handling the bill in the House.
22 June 07 Officials seize alligator From Penn. apartment
Meet Exodus. He's a 5 ft/1.5 m -long, 45 lb/20 kg alligator, that has his own pen amongst the dogs and cats at the Berks County Humane Society after being seized from a Reading apartment on Wednesday in Pennsylvnia, USA.
Theilacker told CBS3 she and her husband bought the gator four years ago
at a reptile show in Hamburg. When it was small, she said she diapered
it and when she took it for walks, she'd tape its snout shut with
electrical tape. http://cbs3.com/topstories/local_story_172164630.html
22 June 07 Rebuttals to 'Alligator hunting Has no purpose'
Posted here are two links to "Letters to the Editor" of the ironically-named paper The Independent Alligator in Gainesville, Florida. These letters are rebuttals to a scathing opinion piece recently published criticizing alligator hunting (see "'Alligator hunting has no purpose' " lower down this page). Link1: http://www.alligator.org/pt2/070621letter2.php Link 2: http://www.alligator.org/pt2/070621letter3.php
21 June 07 Australia croc safari hunting plan back?
Crocodiles could be hunted safari style in Australia's Top End after the Federal Government agreed to reconsider a proposal from the Northern Territory Government.Despite the fact the proposal was part of the NT Government's Crocodile Management Plan, former federal environment minister Ian Campbell ruled the proposed $25,000 safari hunts would send the wrong message to the world.
But NT Environment Minister Marion Scrymgour today said she had personally approached her current federal counterpart, Malcolm Turnbull, earlier this year for reconsdieration of the plan. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21944740-1702,00.html Link 2: http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=27&ContentID=32076
21 June 07 Aussie crocs enduring chilly temps
It may be hard to imagine, but Northern Territory, Australia residents are stocking up on jumpers and blankets as they shiver through the coldest June on record.
People are not the only ones who are suffering, with the chilly conditions also playing havoc with the digestive system of salt water crocodiles. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/06/21/1957438.htm?section=australia
21 June 07 Gator an unwelcome houseguest in Fl.
An alligator came knocking at the door of a Lehigh Acres, Florida home
Tuesday. http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070620/NEWS0103/70620003/1075 Link 2: http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=13114&z=3&p=
20 June 07 'Alligator hunting has no purpose'
This is an opinion piece that satirically and sharply criticizes alligator hunting. http://www.alligator.org/pt2/070619column1.php
20 June 07 Veteran Ohio police officer Charged with alligator possession
A nearly 20-year veteran of the Bay Village police force in Ohio, USA, has been placed on indefinite paid administrative leave after being charged in Rocky River with domestic violence and having a prohibited animal, a 4 - 5 ft/1.2 - 1.5m -long alligator, officials said. http://www.westlifenews.com/2007/06-20/bvofficer.html
20 June 07 Gator snagged in Fl. swimming pool A 6 ft/1.8 m - long alligator was caught Tuesday morning in a Cocoa, Florida apartment complex swimming pool as residents watched. http://www.local6.com/news/13528585/detail.html
20 June 07 Training required for Arkansas gator hunters
The Game and Fish Commission of Arkansas, USA is preparing to hold alligator hunts in the last two weeks in September. The commission is issuing 40 permits for the hunts, and permit holders will need some special training from game officers before they can hunt. The alligators must be caught and subdued using a handheld snare or handheld harpoon before being killed with a shotgun or a bang stick. http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=6680127
20 June 07 Errant juvenile alligator Collected from Ohio home Tracey Davis of Point Place, Ohio, USA, willingly admits that she asked her husband to do yard work on Father's Day. So when she spotted what appeared to be a small alligator look-alike staring at her in the garage yesterday, she assumed it was his try at scaring her for revenge. http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070618/NEWS08/706180391
20 June 07 Alligator found in Buffalo (No, this is not the opening of a joke)
Reptile experts removed a 6.6 ft/2.4 m -long, 170 lb/77kg alligator from
the basement of a New York state home. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=nw20070619011327290C119742 Link 2: http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8PRFPP00&apc=9024 Link 3 & Video: http://www.khou.com/news/state/stories/khou070620_rm_alligatorinbasement.20e702c3.html
20 June 07 Balikpapan crocodile park A treat for lovers of exotic
This piece is a feature on the Borneo Crocodile Recreational Park on Jl. Mulawarman in the city in East Kalimantan, managed by CV Surya Raya Crocodile Farm. http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20070619.G03&irec=2
18 June 07 Dangerous crocodiles let loose To save Indian mangrove forest
In a novel experiment, forest department personnel have let loose large groups of crocodiles into water bodies of Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary in Orissa, India, to ward off human interference in the fast-depleting mangrove forest. http://www.kalingatimes.com/orissa_news/news/20070618_ Crocodiles_let_loose_to_save_mangrove.htm Link 2: http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=9&theme=&usrsess=1&id=160042 Link3: http://www.themoneytimes.com/news/20070620/crocodiles_helping_protect_indian_forests-id-105096.html
18 June 07 Arkansas alligator hunts now legalized
With alligator populations increasing across the state of Arkansas, a
limited sport hunt has been legalized. http://www.hopestar.com/articles/2007/06/18/news/news1.txt
18 June 07 Arkansas 'gator farm Celebrates 105 years
Not exactly cute and cuddly, alligators still are the main attraction at the Arkansas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA. This year, the tourist attraction is putting on a 105th anniversary celebration July First.
The gator farm was opened in 1902 by HL Campbell with alligators captured from Grassy Lake near Texarkana. The farm has been in the Bridges family since 1945. http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=6674623
17 June 07 Crocs found dead Following human killing
A day after a man was reportedly pulled to death by a crocodile in Vishwamitri river, two crocodiles were reported dead on Monday. According to district social forestry authorities and the Veterinary Polyclinic, of the two reptilian deaths reported in the past two days, one died of natural reasons, while the reason for the second is yet to be ascertained. Please refer the the story immediately below for more information,also. http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=241817
17 June 07 Indian man killed in crocodile attack
In a rare incident, a 22-year-old Indian man was killed in a crocodile attack at Vishwamitri canal near Sama-Savli, Siddharth Bunglow, while he was taking bath on Sunday morning. http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=241626
17 June 07 Alligator on the loose in Nebraska
Authorities in Thayer County, Nebraska, USA say that a 4 ft/ m -long alligator, apparently an escaped pet, is on the loose in the area. http://khastv.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=10007
17 June 07 Gator takes bite out of Mothers' Day
This is a piece from Texas, USA about a young alligator trapper who lands his biggest catch yet, on Mothers' Day. http://www.tylerpaper.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070617/SPORTS02/706160324
17 June 07 Police capture alligator In Ohio suburb
In Mentor, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, officers and members of the city's Service Department nabbed a 5 ft/1.5 m -long alligator earlier this week. A passer-by had noticed the gator in the shrubbery outside a party center Wednesday afternoon.
17 June 07 Man receives bravery medal for Saving wife from crocodile's jaws
An act of bravery was performed by R.M. Jayasiri Bandara who after the deadly struggle with a crocodile saved his wife when he, his wife and three-year-old daughter had been bathing in the Maragaha tank in Pahala Maragaha wewa.
Bandara was one of nine brave persons who mounted the stage at the BMICH last Thursday to accept the National Civilian Bravery Awards conducted by the Foundation for Civilian Bravery, Sri Lanka.
Bandara, who is in the Army, had gone home on vacation. On September 10, 2006 he had gone for a bath to the tank with his family members. When he surfaced after a dive he had heard someone screaming and then noticed that his wife was in the grip of a crocodile. http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070617/News/news10.html 15 June 07 46 crocodile nestsSighted in BhitarkanikaAs
many as 46 nests of Estuarine crocodile were sighted by the forest
officials in the creeks, nullahs, rivulets and other water bodies of
Bhitarkanika.
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