Fisherman Attacked by Croc

A crocodile carried off a Ugandan fisherman. (News source.)

Croc News

A Frenchman and Burundi resident is trying to hunt down Gustave, that country's infamous killer crocodile. (News source.)

A Uganda minister is trying to make it legal for residents to kill (and eat) crocodiles, which are a constant danger in that country. (News source.)

Mugger crocs in Iran are seriously on the decline due to poaching and habitat loss. (News source.)

A well-known large American crocodile, Wilma, on Sanibel, has been found dead. (News source.)

Crocs in the News

Bangladesh's only crocodile farm will be sending its first export to Germany next month. (News source.)

A UK aquarium is training its dwarf caiman to respond to commands. (News source.)

A UK man wants to start his own crocodile park. (News source.)

Herp Conservation Notes

A new hibernaculum was created for some relocated fox snakes in Illinois. (News source.)

Half of a Sussex Co., NJ, bog was acquired for conservation as bog turtle habitat for $1.1 million. Negotiations for the other half are ongoing. (News source.)

Some tuatara conservation research here.

Freshwater crocs are being pushed out of the Northern Territories by saltwater crocs. (News source.)

Crocodilian Attacks

Eight fish poachers were killed by crocodiles by a dam in Zimbabwe. (News source.)

A teenage boy in Zambia was killed by a crocodile on Lake Kariba. (News source.)

A Malaysian man used his thumbs to fend off a crocodile. (News source.)

A South African woman was killed by a crocodile in the Olifants River. (News source.)

Two girls in Namibia were injured by crocodile attacks. (News source.)

Herp Attacks

A South African woman was killed by a crocodile while she was swimming in a river. (News source.)

A Czech man was hospitalized after being bitten by his pet puff adder, and he was bitten a few weeks ago by another venomous species. (News source.)

5 young children in Uganda were apparently killed by the same venomous snake when they went to get water from Lake Victoria. (News source.)

Uganda Man Killed by Croc

Despite warnings not to bathe in a lake at night, a Uganda man ignored them and was killed by a crocodile. (News source.)

Killer Croc Killed

Police in the Solomon Islands killed a crocodile they believe recently took a 7-year old boy. (News source.)

Malawi Croc Attacks

A Dutch national was attacked by a crocodile while he swam in a Malawi river. Elsewhere in the country, a woman was killed by crocodiles as she was fetching water. (News source.)

Culture, Politics, and Crocodile Trappers

An interesting article here, from Nigeria.

More Herp Attacks

A young Israeli man was killed by a venomous snake bite while hiking in South America. (News source, and here.)

Crocodiles killed a 13-year old Angolan boy, and a 12-year old Zambian girl.

Croc News

A 12-year old girl in Zambia was killed by a crocodile, while swimming in the Chambeshi River. (News source.)

Pics were taken of a croc being killed by a herd of hippos, here.

Crocodilians in the News

35 pure Siamese crocodiles were found among a larger group of rescued crocs in Cambodia. These will be used to help in the conservation of this endangered species. (News source.)

A profile here on a Namibian man attacked by a large crocodile.

A Florida man stuck his hands under a car, thinking his dog was under it, and got bit by an alligator. (News source.)

Reptile Attacks

A 68-year old Georgia man died from a rattlesnake bite sustained while hunting. (News source.)

A 16-year old boy was killed by a crocodile in the lower Zambezi river. (News source.)

A Melbourne, Australia, boy survived a brown snake bite. (News source.)

Croc Attack in Kakadu

A 57-year old tourist at Kakadu National Park survived a crocodile attack while swimming in the wrong area. (News source.)

Profile of a Killer Croc

A profile here, on "a huge man-eating crocodile that terrorised the villages along the Batang Lupar River in Sri Aman, Sarawak."

More Dangerous Herp Encounters

Two people were reported bitten by venomous snakes in northern Wyoming this past weekend. (News source.)

Another crocodile attack in Brunei took a young boy. (News source.)

Borneo Croc Attack

A fisherman was attacked and killed by a crocodile along the Belait River. (News source.)

More on Philippine Crocs

A few more details on the reintroduction of young Philippine crocodiles in a lake on Luzon island. (News source.)

Philippine Crocs Released

"50 captive-bred Philippine crocodiles (Crocodylus mindorensis) have been released into the wild in Dicatian Lake, Isabela Province, Luzon Island." (News source.)

Hank the Croc Died

A 47-year old, 2000 pound hybrid croc featured at Jungle Island (Florida) died. (News source.)

Crocodilian Farming and the Economy

A Saigon venture is training craftspeople to work with crocodile skin. (News source.)

A Bangladesh man has started up a crocodile farm there. (News source.)

The Florida gator skin market is drying up as luxury buyers are holding off. (News here, and here.)

India: Crocodile Attacks

A 9-year old Indian girl was killed by a crocodile at Traj Lake in Matar Taluka of Kheda District. (News source.)

A 50-year old Indian woman was killed and several others injured in a series of croc attacks " in and around the Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary." (News source.) Wildlife experts suggest that an error in choosing release sites under a crocodile conservation program makes human-croc encounters far too common. (News source.)

A 60-year old Indian man was killed by a crocodile while bathing in the Kharasrota river. (News source.)

Sabotage at Croc Farm?

A Singapore croc farm operator found 50 baby crocodiles dead in their pond; police investigation is underway. (News source.)

Crocodile News

A 52-year old Malaysian man survived a crocodile attack. (News source.)

Australian police are searching for thieves who stole 18 young saltwater crocs from a crocodile farm in Darwin. (News source.)

Crocs in Rio Grande

Crocodiles reported in the Rio Grande near Reynosa, Mexico, are rumored to be released "by drug lords or others." A close to five-foot one was caught in a Reynosa backyard. (News source.)

Herp Folklore

A Nigerian story about crocodiles, here.

A Kentucky man's snake stories shows how perception can be confused. (News source.)

More Crocodilian News

A swimmer in Mississippi may have been attacked by an alligator. (News source.)

The mystery crocodile deaths in South Africa still haven't been solved. (News source.)

Crocodilians

Hermes is farming crocs in Australia to meet demand for their crocodile-skin products. (News source.)

Two young Indian men fought of a crocodile that attacked their father. (News source.)

A profile here on a Florida gator trapper.

Don't do this with your kids (or your crocs).

Crocs in the News

A Cambodian croc farmer takes tourists through for a small fee -- showing them where the Khmer Rouge used to feed enemies to the crocodiles. (News source.)

A Congo fisherman was attacked by a crocodile, and ended up in a Texas hospital to have his arm reattached. (News source.)

Myanmar Croc Attack

A woodcutter was killed and eaten by a crocodile in the Myeik Archipelago. (News source.)

Killer Crocs

Three crocodiles were killed in Zimbabwe after they killed and ate a man. (News source.)

Crocodile Attack

A woman washing clothes in the river near Bhitarkanika National Park was attacked and killed by a crocodile. (News source.)

Six Hour Fight with Croc?

Not long ago, there was a story of a man in Africa fighting off a python for hours, and now there's a man in Zimbabwe who fought of a crocodile after a six hour struggle. Apparently, he lost an arm to the reptile, or it was amputated due to injuries. (News source.)

Crocodile News

Papua New Guinea youths trapped a large female crocodile alleged to have eaten 7 people. (News source, image here.)

The croc skin trade in Nigeria is booming, which may hurt the local croc populations. (News source.)

Herp Attacks

A man in India escaped attack from a 12-foot python. (News source.)

No, you should try to pet a rattlesnake. (News source.)

Crocodiles have killed 9 children recently in Angola. (News source.)

Solomon Island Croc Attack

A boy was killed and a girl injured when a crocodile attacked them along the Kolombangara river. (News source.)

Maldives Croc

Tracks on a Maldives atoll suggest a wandering crocodile has reached the area. (News source.)

Crocs

Cuban crocodiles are being ranched and released into the wild. (News source.)

A woman from a village in India's Bhitarkanika National Park was killed by a crocodile. (News source.)

Crocodile News

A New Zealand just got a nice pair of saltwater crocodiles for exhibition. (News source.)

Crocodile farming in Vietnam may be bouncing back after years of falling prices. (News source.)

Malawi Croc Attacks

Five men have been attacked by crocodiles along the Shire River in Chikwawa and Nsanje districts of Malawi within a single week. Only two have survived the attacks. (News source.)

Crocodile Attacks

A 9-year old Australian boy survived an attack by a saltwater crocodile. (News source.)

A crocodile attacked a Zambian man while he was crossing a river. (News source.)

Crocodilians in the News

An Australian man was killed by a large croc when he attempted to swim across a river where crocodiles were known to live. (News source, and here, and here.) Police shot the probable attacker.

A Zambian woman was killed by a crocodile while she was washing clothes at a river. (News source.)

Success in gharial breeding in India. (News source.)

The poor economy has hit a gator farm. (News source.)

RoboCroc, R. I. P.

The American crocodile that underwent massive surgery on its skull, has died. (News source.)

Crocodilian Bites

A small gator entered a Florida couple's porch and bit the man. (News source.)

A Zambia man was killed by a crocodile while night fishing. (News source.)

Reptile Attacks

A Malaysian boy's body was exhumed to determine if death was caused by snakebite, which may lead to some court issues as the boy was in the care of a campground. (News source.)

A Zambian woman was injured in a crocodile attack. (News source.)

Dangerous Crocs

An Indian man in Mumbai was bitten by a crocodile while fishing in the dark. (News source.)

An Australian woman and her daughter were stalked by a croc after it failed to grab their dog. (News source.)

Crocs in Iran

They seem to be doing well in one region... (News source.)

Call for Croc Cull

Australia's Territory Government is thinking about allowing crocodile safaris by tourists in the aftermath of the recent death of a young girl. (News source.)

Croc Surgery

An American crocodile, found hit by a car, underwent reconstructive facial surgery, receiving steel plates in its head. (News source.)

Another Croc Tragedy

A young Australian girl was attacked and killed by a crocodile while swimming in a creek in known crocodile habitat (a conservation area). Details here, here, and here.

Crocodile News

A young girl was killed by a crocodile during a "floating school" trip in the Philippines. (News source.)

An Indonesian man is missing after being attacked by a crocodile. (News source.)

A fisherman in Australia photographed a croc eating a small shark. (News source.)

A small crocodile suspected of biting a tourist snorkeler has been caught. (News source.)

Georgia Croc Farm

A crocodile farm (for meat and skin) is being set up in the country of Georgia. (News source.)

Tampico Crocs

Crocodiles and the residents of Tampico, Mexico, have learned to live with one another, sort of. (News source.)

Poacher Bit

A Zimbabwe fish poacher barely survived a crocodile attack, fighting off the reptile after half an hour. (News source.)

Croc Attacks

At least 15 people in Mozamique have been killed by crocodiles in the last three months. (News source.)

An Indiana man can laugh off (now) being bitten on the head by a croc in Guatemala. (News source.)

Magnetizing Crocs

Florida wildlife officials are taping magnets to the heads of crocodiles to see if that will disrupt their homing ability, in an effort to keep them from returning to residential neighborhoods. (News source.)

Big Croc

A 16 1/2 foot crocodile was captured in Sri Lanka and will be relocated to a sanctuary. (News source.)

Crocodile Attack

A man in Swaziland was attacked and killed by a pair of crocodiles. (News source.)

Crocodilians

A female gator at Jungle Gardens (FL) may be mistaking the rumble of a garbage truck for the bellow male alligator's mating call... (News source.)

A Malawi teenager was killed by a crocodile. (News source.)

A Swaziland woman was saved from a crocodile attack by her dog. (News source.)

A crocodile that killed a young Australian boy has been captured and will live out its life in captivity. (News source.)

Myanmar Bans Croc Exports

Details here.

Crocs for Pets

An interesting piece on the legal trade of baby saltwater crocodiles as pets in certain parts of Australia, here.

Crocodile Takes Boy

A 5-year old Australian boy was taken by a crocodile after recent flooding. (News source.)

Crocs and Floods

Flooding in North Queensland means more encounters with snakes and crocodiles. One man accidentally drove over a croc. (News source.)

Croc Threat

A crocodile in Swaziland has been killing livestock along the Nkomanzi River. (News source.)

Croc News

Another article on the crocodile deaths in Kruger National Park.

White estuarine crocodiles in India have been resighted in the wetlands of Bhitarkanika. (News source.)

Croc Death Stirs Outrage

Aboriginal leaders in Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria want to know why a trapped crocodile was killed by police. (News source.)

Croc Scare

A 5-meter saltwater crocodile rocked a small boat with three passengers (one a park ranger) at Kakadu. (News source.)

Croc on the Menu

A Chinese supermarket is now offering a farmed crocodile in advance of the Chinese New Year. (News source.)

Saved from Croc Attack

A 12-year old South African boy saved himself (with the aid of friends) from a crocodile attack, while he was swimming in the Umhlathuze River. (News source.)

Marsh Crocodile Decline

A brief article here on the decline of marsh crocodiles in Balochistan.

Croc Bites Keeper

A 19-yo keeper was bitten by a 1m saltwater croc at Oceanworld in Manly, Australia. (News source.)

Escapes Crocodile

A paddler in the Umgeni River escaped a crocodile that attacked his canoe. (News source.)

Croc Attack Survivor

Profile (and photo) of an Australian man who escaped a crocodile in December.

Crocs Fishing With Toes

Some Australian saltwater crocodiles have learned to fish with their webbed toes, luring fish close enough to grab. (News source.)

Croc Relocated

An 11-foot American crocodile (believed to have snatched neighborhood dogs as prey) has been relocated form the same canal for the second time. (News source.)

Other Croc News

There are some fears that a missing Australian man might have been taken by a crocodile. He went fishing in the Northern Territories and didn't return. (News source.)

The crocodile skin market is growing business for farms in Zimbabwe. (News source.)

Turkey Point Crocs

The Turkey Point Nuclear Plant played an inadvertent role in the conservation of the American crocodile, as the cooling canals built around the plant created a favored breeding grounds for the species. (News source.)

And, a profile here on a croc researcher who has studied the American crocs at Turkey Point for two decades.

Splitting the Dwarf Croc

Researchers now believe that the two separate subspecies of African dwarf crocodiles are distinct species, and that there is another, as yet unnamed, species. (Eurekalert)

Croc Deaths

An article here on the rising deaths of South African crocodiles, and cultural ramifications.

Big Croc Hunting

A brief profile here on an Australian couple, first croc hunters, then croc conservations.

Girl Killed by Crocodile

A 14-year old girl in Zambia was killed by a crocodile while washing plates on the lake shore. (News source.)

Croc vs Zebra

Photo essay here.

More Crocodilian News

A Florida man was given three years probation for poaching a small alligator. (News source.)

A Malaysian man freed himself twice from an attacking crocodile. (News source.)

Crocodile Debate

Was the crocodile that killed a man in Australia three years ago caught-and-relocated? A whistleblower says yes, and suggests that a similar occurrence led to the death of a tourist not long ago. (News source.) The Director-General of the EPA says this is a false accusation. (News source.)

Croc Farm Needs Rain

An Australian crocodile farm says dry conditions are detrimental to breeding the reptiles, so is hoping for rain. (News source.)

Probable Croc Attack

A 10-year old girl found dead on West Russell Island (in the Solomons) was apparently killed by a crocodile. Police are investigating. (News source.)

Odd Croc News

A newspaper in India asks why a crocodile park in Kerala with healthy adult crocodiles hasn't had baby crocs born since 1998. (News source.)

A community in Burkina Faso embraces crocodiles as part of their life. (News source.)

Relocated Croc Dies

A large crocodile relocated by Australian authorities, that ended up haunting a tourism location, has died from eating plastic bags and other trash. (News source.)

Vietnam Croc Business

"Four CITES-licensed enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City exported 24,000 crocodiles in the first ten months of 2008" ... "The amount includes 13,000 live crocodiles and nearly 20,000 sets of crocodile skin." ... "Major markets for crocodile exports are Japan, Singapore, France, Thailand, the Republic of Korea and China." (News source.)

Crocodiles in the News

A couple in India was injured by a crocodile after it first attacked the woman, and was fought off by her husband. (News source.)

A tourism minister in Australia claims that urban crocs are good for tourism. (News source.)

A teenager has been arrested for killing a North American crocodile on the University of Miami campus. (News source.)

Crocodile farming is still controversial in Thailand. (News source.)

Croc Scares Neighbors

A 10-foot long, protected North American crocodile has moved into a canal in a Miami neighborhood, worrying the residents. (News source.)

Crocs in Cyprus

Urban myth or illegal introductions? Stories of crocodiles at Kourris Dam in Cyprus are springing up again. Officials haven't found any, but investigations continue. (News source.)

Croc Attacks in Namibia

A Namibia newspaper notes some recent cases of crocodile attacks.

Suspect Croc Heading to Crocodile Farm

A crocodile, suspected of having killed a tourist to Australia, is being sent to a crocodile farm. (News source.)

Sounds like a Killer Croc Movie

After a male croc in Queensland was shot and beheaded by trophy hunters, the body was left to float into a rival male crocodile's territory. This, apparently, has enraged the croc, which is now stalking and lunging at nearby bridge builders and construction workers. (News source.)

Bangladesh Croc Farm

Details here on a crocodile farm starting up in Bhaluka, Bangladesh. (News source.)

Killer Crocodiles Narrowed Down

Two crocodiles with "material" in their stomachs may have been responsible for the death of a British tourist in Australia. (News source.)

Getting Bit

Three people in Reston, VA, have been bitten by copperheads recently. (News source.)

A Texas girl was bitten by an unknown snake while showering. (News source.)

A Malaysian man was lucky to survive a crocodile attack. (News source.)

Diving with Crocodiles

Another profile here on the diving cage in a crocodile exhibit at Crocosaurus Cove, Australia.