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17 September 2026
Saltwater crocodile that sparked beach closures in Western Australia is captured, relocated
The estuarine crocodile had been seen multiple times off Broome, about 1,240 miles north of Perth, Western Australia. Yawuru and Parks and Wildlife rangers caught it about 330 feet offshore, north of Cable Beach.
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