A Far North Queensland family are shattered after their beloved family dog, Indie, was snatched by a croc during a walk.
Their aging labrador was snatched on Wednesday as the family took a walk on the lower Kamerunga Foot Bridge on the Barron River, near Cairns.
Alan Benn and his daughter Alia told 7NEWS their family was traumatised by the incident, stating Indie “didn’t stand a chance”.
“She was taken in one bite and dragged into the water,” Alia said.
Alan said the spot where Indie was taken is a popular recreation spot where families with kids often fish.
A Far Nortw are shattered after their beloved family dog, Indie, was snatched by a croc during a walk.
Their ageing labrador was snatched on Wednesday as the family took a walk on the lower Kamerunga Foot Bridge on the Barron River, near Cairns.
Alan Benn and his daughter Alia told 7NEWS their family was traumatised by the incident, stating Indie “didn’t stand a chance”.
“She was taken in one bite and dragged into the water,” Alia said.
Alan said the spot where Indie was taken is a popular recreation spot where families with kids often fish.
“We are obviously traumatised but thankful it wasn’t our child who has stood in the exact same spot so many times before. People retrieve their lures from this spot all the time.”
While plenty were sympathetic, others said that’s just life in FNQ.
“Why would you take your pet there anyway? Everyone knows that crocs have been there for years. Maybe if people didn’t fish and leave scraps, he would go elsewhere for food,” one person responded.
“I’m so curious as to why so many people here still insist on going to waterways and creeks where it is known that crocs reside in them. It’s a risk we as knowing humans take especially living in the far north,” another wrote.