A crocodile attack at Clive Palmer’s Port Douglas golf course has sparked calls for greater control of the killer wildlife.

The Queensland Government is set to review its crocodile management policy, which was set to take six times as many crocodiles from the environment, The Australian reports.

But the government has fielded calls from Surf Life Saving North Queensland to remove more crocodiles.

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“You can’t have a beach with international tourists on it and then have a 4m croc turn up in a swimming area, that’s craziness,” Colin Sparkes, Surf Life Saving regional manager, said.

The Newman Government plan would remove crocodiles larger than 2m acting aggressively close to built up areas. The system removed 62 crocodiles to farms last year from places like Cairns beaches, a leap from the 13 crocodiles removed yearly under its predecessor, the Australian reported.

But Palaczszuk Government Environment Minister Steven Miles said there was concern among the scientific and conservation sectors that the plan endangered the species.

But local government believed more needed to be done.

“There has been concerns raised, particularly by local government, that maybe we need to do more or do it differently,” he said.

John Lahiff, in his 70s, a golfer at the Palmer Sea Reef Golf Course was picking his ball out of a wet spot when a 1.2m crocodile clamped onto his leg.

“I walked past it and then it got me on the way back and as soon as it grabbed me it took off into the water,” he told the ABC.

Mr Lahiff was in Mossman Hospital with puncture wounds in his foot – one reached the bone – on Tuesday.

“It’s partly my fault … for disturbing it while it was sunbaking,” he said.

Five wildlife officers were searching for the crocodile on Tuesday and The Australian reported that another 1.3m crocodile was caught at a pond in Cairns near a children’s playground.