Wildlife officers are trying to find and kill a crocodile which bit off an elderly woman’s hand in Western Australia’s far north.

The woman is believed to have lost most of her arm in the attack at Three Mile creek, near the town of Wyndham in the Kimberley.

The woman, who is understood to be in her 70s and a local, was attacked after 3pm on Wednesday.

She was flown to Royal Darwin hospital in a stable condition, according to the WA Country Health Service.

Traps were being set for the crocodile on Thursday morning.

