Media Release

KAP Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter has today responded to Australia Zoo’s Terri Irwin’s comments to rule out a croc cull and the need to co-exist with crocodiles.

Mr Katter said, “It really would be good if Greenies such as Terri Irwin would make some effort to live in the world of reality, that we poor humans have to live in.

“And let me be very specific, between Cairns and Townsville – the Paradise Coast, the rainfall in 100 inches or more.

A crocodile habitat is in or near a waterway .

“It would be hard to be on any piece of ground on the Paradise Coast and be more than a few hundred meters or so from a waterway.

“So is she suggesting humans should move out?

“And I don’t care if she’s Saint Gabriel’s mother, we’re being eaten and ripped to pieces (the most savage death imaginable ) so that she can keep her spiritual belief system intact and get herself a lot of publicity at our expense.

“Tropical Nth Qld was the territory of my brother, cousins the First Australians.

“The dingoes, the goannas and gropers. There was equilibrium in nature. If you are a respected naturalist you would know that this was the territory of man, not the territory of crocodiles. The catch of 60 croc eggs would keep a First Australian family going for a while - and similarly with dingoes, the goannas and gropers.

“Now we have an unnatural environment and things are out of whack