Katter snaps on Cape Trib croc attack: “time for croc shooting safaris”
31 May 2016: KAP Member for Kennedy has “snapped” at Member for Leichhardt, Warren Entsch’s response to the Cape Tribulation crocodile attack in which a tourist was eaten. Mr Katter has long called for crocodile culls in Far North Qld and believes crocodile hunting safaris could be a solution:
“Where there is water, human beings will go near or in it. I can’t believe that Warren Entsch is attacking the people over this. Defending crocodiles instead of people is stupid.
“And I’d like to get Mr Entsch to swear on the bible that he hasn’t been in a river or creek in North Queensland. The crocs would take one look at him and they’d be licking their lips.
“We should have professional shooting and hunting safaris working now. Human beings have been hunters for three and a half million years. And you may not like it, but that’s how we got here as human beings.
Mr Katter believes numbers of crocodiles have reached unprecedented levels,
“The numbers of crocodiles have exploded. All of crocodile’s predators have been removed. Nature has a balance and the balance is completely out of whack. Goannas, dingos, humans, there are numerous other predators for the eggs and for the crocodiles themselves. For example, gropers ate all the small crocodiles, but now, there are so many big crocodiles that there are no gropers.
“We can put nature back in balance if we have shooting safaris.”
