A Queensland town has warned residents to stay away from the local river after a dog was taken by what is believed to be a saltwater crocodile, in the first sighting of the animal in an area hundreds of kilometres from where it is normally found.
The attack happened on Monday night at the Bottom Crossing on the Flinders River near Richmond. The town is about 660km from Karumba on the Gulf of Carpentaria, where saltwater crocodiles are more commonly found.
