Following from another post on here somewhere regarding camel sightings on the Nullarbor, I received this link yesterday from old mate, So for anyone travelling the Eyre Hwy or anywhere remote be aware as camel are unpredictable being active night or day and can move very fast if spooked, a big animal and if hit the outcome would be disastrous.
blaze said
08:43 AM Jan 18, 2020
what a waste of a resource, poorly managed.
cheers
blaze
Peter_n_Margaret said
09:10 AM Jan 18, 2020
We need a Calicivirus for camels and wipe them out.
Cheers,
Peter
elliemike said
09:49 AM Jan 18, 2020
Peter_n_Margaret wrote:
We need a Calicivirus for camels and wipe them out. Cheers, Peter
I was visiting Giles weather Station in 2012. Conversation with the technicians turned to camels destroying the vegetation and fouling gnamma/waterholes. Also in that area (the then), recent Camel Culling over the previous three years. Seems they were Helicopter Shooting the camels and in large numbers from that area. The weathermen said it was about 10.000 + - a year. The average cost per animal shot was $300. Of course just leaving the carcasses where they where.
In our other trips over the Great Central Road since, we have seen big mobs of camels on the road.
There have been operations set up to capture and process camels in various places, but not very successful I believe.
tracks said
06:53 AM Jan 19, 2020
Correct Mike about the culling by choppers, this has been off and on since the 60's and not just camels, donkeys and goats were on the list too, on the WA side 2 choppers were based in Norseman, fuel was carted out as far as Madura and beyond, its a never ending problem with these feral animals in remote areas, in the early 70's my mate who was a door gunner was an expert and highly skilled shooter 99% were one shot kills, don't know what the cost today would be depends on the aircraft used and camel numbers in the area, sometimes a fixed wing would locate the herd first then send the chopper/s in, sad but that's the only way of controlling these ferals and the only drawback leaving the carcasses other ferals like foxes and wild dogs feed off them causing another problem.
http://www.sportingshooter.com.au/latest/10-000-camels-to-be-culled?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%20-%2017120&utm_content=Newsletter%20-%2017120+CID_6bd92abc83f0198f399b9cb6bd9bdbae&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=camels%20are%20to%20be%20culled
Following from another post on here somewhere regarding camel sightings on the Nullarbor, I received this link yesterday from old mate, So for anyone travelling the Eyre Hwy or anywhere remote be aware as camel are unpredictable being active night or day and can move very fast if spooked, a big animal and if hit the outcome would be disastrous.
cheers
blaze
Cheers,
Peter
I was visiting Giles weather Station in 2012. Conversation with the technicians turned to camels destroying the vegetation and fouling gnamma/waterholes. Also in that area (the then), recent Camel Culling over the previous three years. Seems they were Helicopter Shooting the camels and in large numbers from that area. The weathermen said it was about 10.000 + - a year. The average cost per animal shot was $300. Of course just leaving the carcasses where they where.
In our other trips over the Great Central Road since, we have seen big mobs of camels on the road.
There have been operations set up to capture and process camels in various places, but not very successful I believe.