Map of Kaltukatjara (Docker River), NT
Posted on 11/25/2009 9:44:27 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
An Oz Outback community is battling to regain control of its town from a 6,000-strong feral camel invasion, which has seen the thirsty dromedaries cause "chaos" in their search for water.
According to the Times, the drought-hit beasts have descended on the Northern Territory's Docker River en masse, "trampling through homes, breaking water tanks and even damaging the emergency airstrip".
(Excerpt) Read more at theregister.co.uk ...
The Australian version of moose.
Tastes just like chicken.
Just sayin’...
Map of Kaltukatjara (Docker River), NT
wow *ping*
Oz's camels were introduced from the 1840s, and provided valuable service as pack animals in opening up the country's vast Outback. The wild descendants of these pioneers have become a major problem, however, and now number around 1,000,000 in Central Australia.
Invasion: The animals will be culled, with helicopters mobilised to take marksmen to the town.
And this quote from a commentator:
typical human reaction, shoot them! it makes me sick, they didn't ask to be bought here and left to fend for themselves in the outback did they? just create a well or watering hole for them! it's not difficult is it! honestly! as a species we suck! selfish arrogant idiots who think we have the right to walk roughshod over every single creature on this planet, thanks to us we may soon not have a planet to call home at all! we are the biggest threat to our earth's survival due to our greed, stupidity and ignorance it's disgusting! those animals have just as much right as us to be here and to survive! all they need is water! A DRINK! is that too much to ask, something we take for granted every single day but that is vital for all of us! we don't have exclusitivity or the right to decide whether or not we share a natural resource that NATURE Provides for the benefit of all living plants and animals.
- earthchild, earthplanet, 25/11/2009 14:25 From here.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1230806/Panic-6-000-thirsty-wild-camels-invade-Australian-outback-town-smashing-roads-surrounding-houses.html
Camels slobber too....
Export those camels as sex slaves to Saudi Arabia. How hard can that be?
How does a camel smash a road?
Good idea,...lots of space for camels over there....and they know how to use them,... Africa could use them too...maybe Afghanistan...
I was at the Islamic Port of Jeddah once and a ship had just arrived from Somalia. The ship discharged its cargo: a herd of hundreds of camels. And the sand there is useless for making cement or even kitty litter. Worthless (except for oil) country.
I wish we would just drill for our own oil and get a realistic attempt at nuclear power. I’d love to see those wealthy arab dudes trying to sell sand and camels.
“earthchild” strikes me as an incredible bloody moron.
I guess they didn’t need to walk a mile...
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