A giant crocodile believed to have eaten an Australian holidaymaker will spend the rest of its life on a farm, breeding more crocodiles.
Human remains, thought to be those of Arthur Booker, have been discovered in the stomach of a 4.5m crocodile captured in north Queensland. Booker, 62, disappeared last month while holidaying with his wife in the area.
Because of the reptile’s size it is a protected animal that cannot be killed.
PHOTO: AFP
It can also not be released and under Queensland state law it cannot be displayed in a zoo, so a breeding program was the only alternative.
“Any crocodile over 4m is protected under conservation laws, so it needs to go into a facility where it can be used in a way that benefits crocodile conservation,” said a spokesman for the Environmental Protection Agency.
Booker disappeared on Sept. 30 after he went to check crab pots in a river in the so-called “Cape Crocodile” region of far north Queensland.
(AFP)
一隻可能吃掉一位澳洲渡假遊客的巨鱷將被送到一處農場，並在那裡繁殖更多鱷魚度過餘生。
在昆士蘭北部捕獲的一隻四點五公尺長的鱷魚胃裡留有人體殘骸，那可能是六十二歲的亞瑟．布克爾；他上個月和太太一起到該區渡假。
因為這條鱷魚的尺寸符合保育類動物標準，因此不能將牠處死。
牠也不能被野放，且根據昆士蘭州州法，牠不能放在動物園展示，因此安排牠參與繁育計畫是唯一可行的辦法。
環境保育局發言人說：「舉凡超過四公尺長的鱷魚都受保育法保護，因此牠必須被送到一個能替鱷魚保育工作貢獻一己之力之處。」
布克爾九月三十日到昆士蘭北部的「鱷魚角」區檢查河中的捕蟹籠後，便宣告失蹤。
（法新社�翻譯：袁星塵）
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