Posted on 01/07/2020 12:46:05 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Thousands of camels in South Australia will be killed to stop them drinking water in the drought-stricken region following a plea from Aboriginal leaders.
More than 10,000 feral camels will be shot using professional shooters in helicopters from Wednesday.
The action will be taken following complaints that the thirsty animals are invading properties in search of water in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands (AYP).
The five-day long culling also follows fears that the camels are a contributor to global warming as they emit methane gases equating to one tonne of carbon dioxide a year.
Tim Moore, chief executive of carbon farming specialists RegenCo, said one million feral camels emitting the effect of a tonne of CO2 per year was akin to an additional 400,000 cars on the road.
APY hopes the culling will lead to carbon credits being awarded.
But the country's Department of Energy and Environment said emissions from feral animals such as camels should not be included in emissions estimate as they are not under domestic management.
A statement says: "Australia does not report on emissions from feral animals.
"Therefore, activities that change the emissions from feral animals cannot be subject to an Emissions Reduction Fund method, as they are unable to result in eligible carbon abatement and cannot contribute to Australia’s emissions reduction targets."
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The Great Australian Camel Genocide
Sacrifice to Baal.
Iran has a sad?
Could they pay for them to be transported under the “Help us we’re running out of 72 virgins each for suicide bombers” program?”
Wow...you can’t make this stuff up.
Kill the animals to save the planet!
Are the good when grilled on the bar-b?
Stupid is as stupid does. Where is PETA, ASPCA and other animal welfare orgs?...................
A better solution would be to kill off the climate commies and let the camels survive. They do much less damage.
Historians are going to have a good laugh at our expense.
Is camel tasty? A now departed friend of mine who was well versed in Arab culture and Islam would sometimes say jokingly “Camel is permitted ... but NOT recommended.”
So, they’re gonna smoke some camels, are they?
If, after that, those hunters find they have an addiction they can’t break, they can come to Texas and take up smoking feral pigs! Open season! No limit!
Smoke ‘em if ya got ‘em!
So hunting deer, elk, moose and bear help fight globull warming.
Take that PETA
Could there be unintended consequences? Such as a major increase in vultures, rodents, flies, etc. with all these camel carcasses rotting in the outback? I’m assuming that they don’t plan to remove the carcasses but would just leave them there.
You can't make this stuff up.
This is one of those things that makes you wonder what the real backstory is, the one behind the scenes.
Australia had “too many” kangaroos for a long time. Kangaroos are food. How can a country have “too much” food? Isnt there someone out there besides me that would be happy to help out the Aussies by eating a few? Ok, ya, there are the enviro/animal whackos...
But what about the camels? Those are feral. They don’t belong there. Arent they “displacing indigenous species”? You know what camels are made of? Food! How the hell do you get to the place that there is so much food you don’t know what to do with it?
Don’t even get me started on Americans pissing and moaning about pigeons.
It is not much different then boa or iguana hunts in Florida.
Although probably a little less complicated as camels do not lay eggs that will hatch even if you kill the parents.
The US imported camels as well back in the 1800's but they either died or were killed by the local tribes.
They'll save the cute Koala bears from the wild fires, but shoot the ugly camels.
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