Another social media post circulated to community Facebook groups also warns locals of the danger.
“[Indie] was bigger than most kids that hang out on the bridge every day,” it read.
The area is a popular fishing spot. Photo / Facebook
“We are obviously traumatised but thankful it wasn’t our child who has stood in the exact same spot so many times before. People retrieve their lures from this spot all the time.”
While plenty were sympathetic, others said that’s just life in Far North Queensland.
“Why would you take your pet there anyway? Everyone knows that crocs have been there for years. Maybe if people didn’t fish and leave scraps, he would go elsewhere for food,” one person responded.
The family posted a sign at the site to warn others. Photo / FaceBook
“I’m so curious as to why so many people here still insist on going to waterways and creeks where it is known that crocs reside in them. It’s a risk we as knowing humans take especially living in the far north,” another wrote.
Since the Wednesday attack, contractors for the Queensland Department of Environment and Science have removed one 2.4m crocodile from the area and spotted another.
“They confirmed the presence of another estuarine crocodile in the area, and it will be targeted for removal,” the spokesman told the Cairns Post.
“They were unable to determine the size of the animal.”