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DAGENS TALL:

70.000

(FILES) This photo taken on September 2, 2008 shows an estuarine crocodile better known as the saltwater or saltie, lifting its head in the Adelaide river near Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory. Australian rangers on March 17, 2009 combed waterways for a crocodile believed to have attacked an 11-year-old girl, as DNA testing was carried out on human remains found after she vanished. An average of two people a year are killed in Australia by saltwater crocodiles, which can grow up to seven metres (23 feet) long and weigh more than a tonne. AFP PHOTO / FILES / Greg WOOD GREG WOOD

En australsk bonde som skjøt og drepte en «ikonisk» 100 år gammel krokodille, er ilagt en bot på nærmere 70.000 kroner. Luke Stephen Orchard (31) sier han drepte krokodillen fordi han var «lei av at den tok kalvene hans». Krokodiller er beskyttet i Australia og kan ikke bli drept uten godkjennelse fra viltmyndighetene.©NTB