Acknowledgments
The CrocBITE project was conceived and is coordinated by Adam Britton (Big Gecko, RIEL @ Charles Darwin University, crocodilian.com), Erin Britton (Big Gecko, crocodilian.com) and Brandon Sideleau. Compilation of the database and primary moderation is the work of Brandon Sideleau. The project was funded by the Innovation@CDU program, an initiative run by Charles Darwin University, with additional funding and resources by Big Gecko Crocodilian Research and crocodilian.com. Database programming and site design by John Brisbin @ BoaB Interactive. Additional database software is provided by OpenDataSoft.
Data on crocodile attacks come from a variety sources, primarily cross-referenced media reports (online, print, archive) and a large number of contributors, that not only added important data from personal and government records but were instrumental in verification and providing useful feedback for the project. Each record will be appropriately credited in the database unless requested otherwise (this is a work in progress). We have also attempted to list everyone who has helped below, and apologise for any omissions.
Unit Penanganan Satwa Balai Besar Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam Nusa Tenggara Timur (BBKSDA-NTT), East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Mushtaq Ahmed, Bangladesh
Cesar Barrio Amoros, Costa Rica/Venezuela
Valerie Archer, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
Novianto Bambang W., Indonesia
Ehit Bekele, Ethiopia
Vikram Bhatia, Timor-Leste
Bruce Carruthers, Malawi
Venancio Lopes Carvalho, Timor-Leste (translator of Tetum language)
Manish Chandi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India
Michael Cota, Thailand
Rezia Cumbe, Mozambique
Armando Rubio Delgado, Mexico
Vladimir Dinets, Indonesian information
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), Timor-Leste
Jesus Garcia-Grajales, Oaxaca, Mexico
Avinda Godahewa, Sri Lanka
Avishka Godahewa, Sri Lanka
Benoit Goossens, Sabah, Malaysia
Oki Hidayat, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Rick Jacobsen, Timor-Leste
Bed Khadka, Nepal
Hinrich Kaiser, Timor-Leste
Win Ko Ko, Myanmar
Eric Langelet, Papua New Guinea
Alejandro Larriera, Argentina
Janaki Lenin, India
Christine Lippai, Africa
Sumanth Madhav, India
Manoj Mahapatra, Orissa, India
Rainier Manalo, Philippines (all Filipino attacks)
Charlie Manolis, Australia
Gerry Martin, India
Mark Merchant, USA
Mafas Mohammed, Sri Lanka (translator of Tamil language/updates on Eastern Province Tamil attacks)
Juan Rafael Bolanos Montero, Costa Rica
Orlando Montes, Mexico
Soham Mukherjee, India (translator of Hindi, Kannada, Telugu languages)
Verbert Mvula, Malawi
Mark O'Shea, Timor-Leste & Papua New Guinea
Peter Ogwang, Uganda
Steven Platt, Myanmar
Paulino Ponce, Nayarit, Mexico
Ian de la Rosa, Timor-Leste
Cherie Rose, Belize
Badiah Achmad Said, Indonesia
Silvester Saimin, Sabah, Malaysia
Dinal Samarasinghe, Sri Lanka
Luis Sigler, Mexico
Anslem de Silva, Sri Lanka
Antoine Soler, France
Ruchira Somaweera, Australia/Sri Lanka
Ralf Sommerlad, Indonesian information
Heng Sovanarra, Vietnam
Agata Staniewicz, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Colin Stevenson, India
Rob Stuebing, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Adrian Sugiarto, Indonesia
Peter Taylor, Guyana
Oswald Braken Tisen, Sarawak, Malaysia
Giovanni Ulloa, Colombia
Jigar Upadhyay, Gujarat, India
Alvaro Velasco, Colombia & Venezuela
Willem van de Ven, Philippines (C. mindorensis attacks)
Raju Vyas, Gujarat, India
Joe Wasilewski, USA/Jamaica/Guyana
Nikhil Whitaker, India
Rom Whitaker, India
Donations
The following individuals and organisations have contributed funding to the CrocBITE project.
OpenDataSoft, France
John Brisbin, Australia
Charlie Manolis, Australia
Mike Keighley / Spectacular Jumping Crocodile Cruise, Australia
Broady Mildenhall, Australia
Big Gecko, Australia