drove her to Wyndham District Hospital after seeing her walking with her right arm missing below the elbow

So was that their first hint, not blood or her suffering a little bit of panic?

I would imagine most of us are curious as to why they are still protected? Is it a political issue?

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Originally posted by SDSpink:
I would imagine most of us are curious as to why they are still protected? Is it a political issue?

All Australian native species are protected by law in their home ranges - with exceptions (permits) granted under certain circumstances - commercial use, consumptive use, depredation, problem-animal, etc. Despite the fact that the estuarine (saltwater) crocodile's conservation status is LC (least concern) - it remains on the CITES I register. While that is the case there there are permitted uses for the crocodile in the Northern Territory - but the Federal government controls CITES permits and they refuse to issue them for this species - on the basis of recreational or safari hunting. This is an anti-recreational hunting agenda that persists with this species - you can buy and legally export crocodile products that were taken under depredation/problem-animal permits. This agenda is mostly influenced by the fact that the estuarine crocodile was 'hunted' to near local extinction up till the 1970's.

I trust this explains the situation clearly.