article_snippet: It's a dog's life, but for canines in the Northern Territory things started to look up after a monster crocodile was caught that had been eating dogs in the local area.
article_snippet: The NT News reported that a 4.38 metre croc that had been eating dogs and threatening locals in a Daly River community was finally caught and removed on Saturday.
article_snippet: Senior ranger Tom Nichols said The huge animal had been in the local area for ‘a couple of weeks’.
article_snippet: It was taking dogs from a Daly River community and posing a threat to kids in the local area,’ he told the NT Times.
article_snippet: ‘A trap was set about a week ago and croc was caught on Thursday.
article_snippet: It took three members of the croc management team and local police to get the half-ton saltie out of A trap.
article_snippet: We gave it some drugs, pulled it out of A trap and loaded it up on We ,Senior ranger Tom Nichols Senior ranger Tom Nichols said.
article_snippet: ‘Some crocs are worse than others but Senior ranger Tom Nichols wasn’t too bad.'
article_snippet: We stopped in Adelaide River to wet Senior ranger Tom Nichols down and that gave the local kids, and adults too, a chance to see croc and ask questions.
highlights_snippet: The 4.38m croc had been eating dogs and threatening locals .
  
highlights_snippet: We gave it some drugs, pulled it out of the trap,' says senior ranger .
  