Posted on 12/24/2016 3:15:55 PM PST by nickcarraway
A woman has jumped into a Northern Territory waterway to rescue her dog from a one-metre crocodile, in a move police say was "brave" but not recommended.
Duty Superintendent James O'Brien said the woman, who had just moved from interstate, was walking her dogs at a park at Durack, in Palmerston, about 9:00am on Saturday.
"It's quite a remarkable to happen a day before Christmas," Duty Superintendent O'Brien said.
"While some of her dogs were running around having fun, one of her smaller dogs was sitting on the edge of the causeway when she noticed a crocodile came up and took it down into the water.
"She was up to her knees and reached into the water and found her dog under the water.
A park in Durack, near Palmerston, where a woman jumped into water after her dog was taken by a crocodile.
"She hopped out straight away, went onto dry land where she tended to her dog, which was coughing up quite a lot of water and had some minor scratches on it."
The park, which is situated behind Durack Primary School and near a Charles Darwin University campus, has multiple large crocodile-warning signs and wildlife rangers had set a croc trap there weeks ago.
While praising her actions as brave, police warned others not to do the same and urged people to be careful around all waterways in the wet season.
"Her actions are really brave — obviously she had no consideration for her own safety with a crocodile in the area, albeit a one-metre long crocodile — but yeah, she had no thought for her own safety, only for her dog — so very brave but we wouldn't recommend it to everybody who's in that situation," Duty Superintendent O'Brien said.
He added the woman "didn't blame the crocodile".
"She said 'you know, I am very aware of the Northern Territory and crocodiles frequent waterways', she places no blame at all on the crocodile it was just doing a natural thing, however she said she'd be more cautious in the future".
Tommy Nichols from the Parks and Wildlife Commission's crocodile management team said an additional crocodile trap would be added to the area.
"A croc trap had been in place at Durack already, and we will this afternoon, add an additional trap. The team will also begin spotlighting this evening," Mr Nichols said.
Any croc who attacked my dog would feel some lead through its brain !
If my dog was being attacked,I’m getting into the fight.He’d do the same for me,so it’s only fair.
Is this in Australia or where?
Australia
Where is Crocodile Dundee when ya need him?
“The park, which is situated behind Durack Primary School...”
No alarm over the FACT that this suicide crock pool is RIGHT BEHIND a children’s SCHOOL?
Oy! *Rolleyes*
One meter. A belt and a wallet.
Just barely.
A 3ft croc is not too much of a danger.
In Florida, you can’t call Animal Control unless they are over 6 feet.
Of course, that’s just mere alligators.
That town wants to get rid of the slow children.
I went to high school here in North Florida. There was a canal between my school and an elementary school. I saw a 5-6 foot gator beside the canal. This is not an uncommon sight. This was in a residential neighborhood.
Another reason that I do NOT live in Florida, LOL! I’d take on a Wisconsin Black Bear before a ‘gator!
Mindless eating machines. With a Black Bear, mostly they want to just get away from you! :)
I live on Lake Corpus Christi near Mathis, TX (front door 30 feet from lake shore). We have seen 8 footers in our canal by our dock. Neighbor across the lake had a 12 foot gator sunning on her beach. Another neighbor took his boat up the Nueces River and saw a 13 footer.
I really watch my dog.
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