Tell Sydney Tower restaurant to stop selling crocodile sausages!

Sydney Tower Buffet (owned by Trippas White Group) is selling crocodile sausages in their restaurant.

Two species of crocodiles, the Freshwater Crocodile (Crocodylys johnstoni) and the Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) occur in the Northern parts of Australia.

Both species of crocodiles are a protected in Australia including Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory where they occur (and they're probably protected everywhere else except they never venture there)

Until 1974, estuarine crocodiles in Queensland were hunted to the brink of extinction for their prized skins. Both species are now protected throughout Australia, but other pressures continue to threaten these animals.

It is estimated that less than one percent of eggs laid by estuarine crocodiles hatch and survive to adulthood. Overheating, flooding and predation by goannas and feral pigs claim a high proportion of unhatched embryos (an estimated 70–80 percent).

From the small numbers that do hatch, more than half die in their first year of life, mainly from predation by birds of prey, fish, snake-necked turtles and other crocodiles. Once they have reached maturity their only enemies are each other and humans.

Habitat destruction is now considered a major threat to crocodile survival in Queensland. Increasingly, humans are crowding in on crocodile territory - developments in swamps, mangroves and rivers are displacing crocodiles from their homes.

While thousands of crocodiles are killed in other countries for their skins, Australia's two crocodile species are protected in the wild. This means that it is illegal to interfere with these animals, which includes removing eggs, and possessing or taking crocodile parts (such as skulls and skins) without a licence from EHP.

The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) must meet the challenge of protecting crocodiles and preventing their extinction, while trying to ensure that people can safely co-exist with these animals.

The saltwater crocodile is a protected species under the Australian Government's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act and the Northern Territory's Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act. The Parks and Wildlife Commission has legislative responsibility under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act for the protection and management of saltwater crocodiles.  The CROCWISE strategy is in accord with the Northern Territory Saltwater Crocodile Management Program 2009-2014.

It is an offence under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act to interfere with or kill crocodiles without a permit. Permits may be granted to Ranger Groups, Shires or land managers to trap or shoot problem crocodiles where there is a demonstrated need to do so and no other alternatives are available. Parks and Wildlife Commission is able to work with these groups to support the development of individual crocodile safety management capacity and programs.

The Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water Resources, Heritage and the Arts is responsible for crocodile management on their land, such as Kakadu National Park.