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A traditional owner has called Queensland’s environment minister a liar over the removal of a culturally important crocodile taken to Australia Zoo, more than 2000 kilometres from the national park where it lived. The 4.5-metre male crocodile, known as Old Faithful, had been relocated to the zoo on the Sunshine Coast following reports it was exhibiting dangerous behaviour towards humans in the Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park, 400 kilometres north of Cairns. The crocodile was captured by Department of Environment officers in early September and taken to a government facility in Cairns along with another 3.5-metre crocodile from the national park. Old Faithful is a well-known crocodile with a distinctive mark on its head which rose to fame when it featured on Steve Irwin’s show The Crocodile Hunter in 1996.
