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Australian crocodile safaris possible by 2015 end

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Crocodile safaris for big game hunters could be under way in Australia's tropical north by the end of the year, providing much needed revenue to Aboriginal communities, a government minister said Tuesday.

Trophy hunts were knocked back by the government in early 2014, with Environment Minister Greg Hunt saying they were inappropriate and risked "cruel and inhuman" behaviour.

But Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has argued in favour of Aboriginal communities being given the option of selling permits to shoot a small number of the saltwater crocodiles which would otherwise be culled each year.

"This is about science, there's no difference from crocodiles and flathead (fish), obviously apart from size and teeth," Scullion told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

"Why would you not have safari hunting as a part of an existing management regime?"

Saltwater crocodiles have become increasingly common in the Northern Territory since they were declared a protected species in 1971, and each year more than 500 are culled to protect the public and livestock.

Scullion believes there will be healthy international demand for crocodile safaris, with big game hunters likely prepared to pay as much as Aus$30,000 (US$23,175) to bag one of the giant reptiles.

"I just think it's time to ensure that our first Australians can get a bite of the economic bullet," he said.

Bess Price, who is the Northern Territory's Minister for Parks and Wildlife, also backed making crocodile hunting legal, saying it could provide opportunities for Aboriginal people.

"It's a great opportunity because it brings about economic development and employment opportunities for indigenous people," she said.

The Territory's Minister for Primary Industry and Fisheries Willem Westra van Holthe also jumped on the proposal, which he said would give Australia's "Top End" tourism a boost.

"It means that we'll be able to market the Territory in another sense, worldwide, globally, and have people come into the Northern Territory, work with indigenous people to go out and safari hunt these huge crocodiles," he said.

Conservationists have long opposed any plans to hunt saltwater crocodiles, which can grow up to seven metres (23 feet) long and weigh more than a tonne.

The Humane Society International Australia has previously said crocodile trophy hunting would be out of step with the views of Australians.

HSI director Michael Kennedy said in March that approving crocodile safaris would go against the Australian government's recent ban on the importation of lion trophies.

"Trophy hunting is a relic of the past," he said at the time.

Saltwater crocodiles kill an average of two people each year in Australia.

In April, a golfer was bitten by a crocodile, but survived, as he retrieved a ball from a water trap in northern Queensland. Since then two men have gone missing while fishing or boating in northern Australia and are thought to have been taken by crocs.

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