Crocodile Brought to Steve Irwin’s Australia Zoo, Upsetting Indigenous and Conservation Groups

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Old Faithful, a giant crocodile made famous by the late Steve Irwin, has been relocated to the Australia Zoo from a Far North Queensland watering hole for public safety reasons

Traditional owners expressed they were “very upset” by the move and conservation groups emphasized that “a zoo is the wrong place for an animal”

Another advocacy group, CROC, alleged that the animal’s removal lacked “transparency” and “cultural authority”

Old Faithful, a crocodile made famous by the late Steve Irwin , has been relocated to Australia Zoo — but some people have objections.

On Nov. 3, the Australia Zoo shared a video — beginning with a clip of Irwin capturing Old Faithful on The Crocodile Hunter — announcing that, after the crocodile was deemed a “ problem crocodile ” in Far N