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Speaker 1: Wildlife ranger Ian Hunt. Good morning to you, Ian.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 1: Ian. What's happened?

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Speaker 2: We received a phone call this morning from a member

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Speaker 2: of the public, so they'd witnessed a crocodile attack a

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Speaker 2: dog on the beach at Katherinea near Ripstone Cliffs, and

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Speaker 2: we went to attend obviously to work out if we

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Speaker 2: could apprehend that crocodile. When we got there, there was

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Speaker 2: no sign of the crocodile, which was unfortunate, but we

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Speaker 2: did manage to catch up with the guys that had

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Speaker 2: had their dog attacked and the poor little stuffy had

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Speaker 2: definitely received some puncture wounds from a crocodile there this morning.

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Speaker 1: Oh no, so tell us exactly where that was, Ian.

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Speaker 2: So that was just out the front of the stairs

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Speaker 2: that go down to the beach from Ripstone Cliffs onto

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Speaker 2: Kasina Beach.

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Speaker 1: And so that crocodile at this point in time, you've

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Speaker 1: not been able to capture it, but presumably it's still nearby.

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Speaker 2: That's what we think at the moment. Yeah, we haven't

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Speaker 2: been able to locate it whereabouts at the moment. We

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Speaker 2: did do an expensive search of the beach this morning,

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Speaker 2: but we've been unable to locate him at this point.

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Speaker 1: Made how's that little staffy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's got a few holes in him, just in

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Speaker 2: the back of his legs there, so he's definitely had

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Speaker 2: a run in this morning. But he seemed in good

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Speaker 2: spirits when we caught up with him, so hopefully he'll

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Speaker 2: be well on the road to recovery in the next

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Speaker 2: few weeks.

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Speaker 1: Wow, and any idea what the size of that crocodile

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Speaker 1: is based on you know those Well, you've said little holes,

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Speaker 1: so I'm assuming it's a smaller crocodile, but I could

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Speaker 1: be very wrong.

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Speaker 2: Well, that's did We did have a couple of people

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Speaker 2: call in so they had seen the crocodile this morning,

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Speaker 2: And obviously the size of that crocodile ranges from people

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Speaker 2: who witnessed that animal. But yeah, judging by the size

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Speaker 2: of the bite marks, it would probably be a two

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Speaker 2: meter plus crocodile.

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Speaker 1: And so really this is a very timely reminder Ian,

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Speaker 1: I guess firstly for people to really take care if

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Speaker 1: they are in the area today. By the sounds of it,

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Speaker 1: there is a crocodile there and it is well, it's

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Speaker 1: attacked a dog this morning.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. Obviously We are aware, and most people

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Speaker 2: should be aware that there are crocodiles moving up and

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Speaker 2: down our coastlines all the time. But yeah, the extra

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Speaker 2: vigilant at the moment, there is a crocodile that's been

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Speaker 2: around obviously has a tax one dog. So if you're

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Speaker 2: planning on taking your dog for a walk in the

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Speaker 2: next couple of days, please be extra vigilant.

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Speaker 1: That is incredibly good advice. Now, I if anybody sees

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Speaker 1: that crocodile, should they get in contact with you.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely that not only any crocodile that sided around the

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Speaker 2: darw And Harbor and Management area please contact us as

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Speaker 2: soon as possible on our mobile number which is on

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Speaker 2: the website that numbers man twenty four hours a day,

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Speaker 2: seven days a week. And the earlier we get onto

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Speaker 2: these croc sidings, the easier of this for us to

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Speaker 2: deal with those animals.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, now, Ian with that. At the risk of sounding

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Speaker 1: like I'm repeating myself, I'm just thinking, if someone's jumped

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Speaker 1: in their car now and they've just joined us and

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Speaker 1: they are hearing about this crocodile attack on a dog,

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Speaker 1: little staffy this morning, can you just explain for us

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Speaker 1: one more time exactly where it was and what areas

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Speaker 1: people need to be vigilant with this crocodile in particular

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Speaker 1: this morning.

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Speaker 2: Yep. So this incident happened at Dripstone Clifts at Catherine

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Speaker 2: and Beach, just across from where the stairs go down

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Speaker 2: as alum in your set of stairs and go down

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Speaker 2: and cliff onto the axis of the beach there, and

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Speaker 2: it's just out the front in the shallow water at

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Speaker 2: the front of those steps of Dripstone Cliffs. But yes,

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Speaker 2: it's they're reminder for all people to be extra vigilent

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Speaker 2: along the beach this morning, in this afternoon, if they're

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Speaker 2: walking their dogs, if they do see a crocodile or

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Speaker 2: any they think might be a crocodile, please let us

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Speaker 2: know as thing as possible.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and I mean I would assume that most people

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Speaker 1: don't let their kids sort of wait in that water

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Speaker 1: or anything anyway for the fear of crocodiles and also stingers.

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Speaker 1: But you know, anybody out there listening, do not let

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Speaker 1: your dog, yourself, anybody near that water.

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Speaker 2: That's exactly right. Yeah, please stay out of the water

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Speaker 2: where possible. That's good advice.

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Speaker 1: Ian Hahn Wildlife Ranger, Thank you very much. For your

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Speaker 1: time this morning. I really appreciate you letting us know

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Speaker 1: and making all of our listeners aware of this situation.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Statty, thank you,