A would-be social media crocodile hunter has been fined $12,000 for illegally catching freshwater crocs.
Jayden Wilson was sentenced in the Townsville Magistrates Court for catching, or attempting to catch, 16 reptiles from the Ross River in northern Queensland.
Townsville man Jayden Wilson posted videos to TikTok showing himself catching juvenile crocodiles from the river.Wilson, 27, must pay $1500 in legal costs and his convictions have been recorded.A probe by Queensland’s Department of Environment and Science confirmed Wilson repeatedly attempted to catch crocodiles with rope or by hand near a boat ramp.“Catching or attempting to catch freshwater crocodiles is foolish and risky behaviour – it is also illegal,” the department said in a statement.
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