Massive cattle-eating crocodile trapped by cops in Australian lake… and it took SEVEN burly men to tie down the 14 ft beast
The reptile was collared after reports a large crocodile had taken hold of cows near the Douglas Daly region
A HUGE cattle chomping croc has been snared by Aussie police in the shallows of the outback.
Seven burly men had to be drafted in to tie down the 14ft beast, which has now been sent to a breeding programme in Darwin.
The reptile was collared after reports a large crocodile had taken hold of cows near the Douglas Daly region.
Matt Phillips, from Northern Territory Police, told ABC: “It was causing a ruckus and was a danger to people in the area.”
Footage shows officers using a cage to trap the beast in the water and then lashing its jaws together with rope and duct tape as it writhes around.
Remote Sergeant Mark Berry explained that although the croc was “a big one” it wasn’t the largest in the watering hole.
He said: “It was a bit of an unorthodox extraction from the cage due to the situation where it was in a waterhole with limited access.
“He got a little bit away from us but we ended up getting hold of him.
“We are looking at leaving the trap here because there is (another) large one in the waterhole that is still posing a threat to safety.”
The trap has been left in the waterway on the Daly River to try and snare the larger beast, believed to be around 16 feet long.
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