On May 2, 2:42 pm, "Charlie.Sadadeen" <CharlieSadad...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mar 24, 1:08 pm, kangarooistan <gran...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Roo shooters urged to cull camels
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> > WHY not harvest them for human consumption ??
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> > WHY spend $100,000 taxpayers dollars to destroy a potential billion
> > dollar industry in areas that have little else available
>
> > A camel meat industry could employ thousands in outback australia
> > farming camels , why spend money trying to destroy this potential ,
> > yet encouraging sheep and cattle in the areas
>
> > Clear the government dont want Aboriginal peoples ever developing any
> > viable industry anywhere EVER , camels have the potential to bring
> > paid work to the most remote areas of Australia and a million camels
> > increasing by 10% pa is over 100,000 more camels every year , about
> > 2000 every week , shot and left to rot or a few sold as dog meat
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> > Camels need to be farmed , not culled at taxpayers expense
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> > kanga
> > ====
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> > Monday, 24/03/2008
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> > Money is being offered to people who want to cull camels in South
> > Australia's far north to help reduce the growing population.
>
> > Currently there are about a million feral camels nationwide, 12 per
> > cent of them in South Australia.
>
> > The $100,000 program is being trialled by the Arid Lands and
> > Alinytjara Wilurara Natural Resource Management boards.
>
> > This incentive could also be offered on a national level if it proves
> > to be successful in SA.
>
> > Senior consultant with Rural Solutions SA, Phillip Gee. says this new
> > pilot program could open the door for the pet meat industry.
>
> >http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/200803/s2197423.htm
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> > more background details of { mostly } Australian camels
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>http://groups.google.com/group/kangarooistan2050/browse_thread/thread...
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>http://groups.google.com/group/kangarooistan2050/browse_thread/thread...
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>http://groups.google.com/group/kangarooistan2050/browse_thread/thread...
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>http://groups.google.com/group/kangarooistan2050/browse_thread/thread...
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> > How much longer till the penny drops and somebody asks
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> .
> > WHY NOT FARM CAMELS , and cull sheep and cattle
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> > kanga
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> > PHIL GEE: Really, if we don't do anything and if we don't coordinate
> > across the states to manage the camel numbers, the feral camel
> > numbers, then we're looking at a future where camels will become a
> > major player in the environment of central Australia.
>
> > GLENN EDWARDS: So, while there are a lot of camels out there
> > currently, in eight years' time, there'll be roughly twice as many as
> > there are now. So, that has huge management implications for us when
> > we start to think about camels and their impact on the environment.
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> > PHIL GEE: Potentially, in less than a generation, we could be looking
> > at four to five million camels - quite easily - in the central
> > Australian regions, and that's untenable.
>
> > I love the camel. I think they're a marvellous animal. But, as you
> > know, here in Australia, you know, we have a fairly significant
> > problem with them, so it's a bit of a dilemma for people like me.
>
> >http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2006/s1913545.htm
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> > WHY NOT FARM THE CAMELS ???????????????????????
>
> Researchers are using satellite collars to track the movement of feral
> camels in outback Australia.
>
> The project is being coordinated from South Australia, but is partly
> funded by Desert Channels Queensland and the Western Australian
> Government.
>
> Coordinator John Gavin says there are up to one million feral camels
> in central Australia and they are have a huge impact on the
> environment and grazing enterprises.
>
> "An average distance that the camels have travelled is about 1,400
> kilometres each," he said.
>
> "Some camels have only travelled about 300 kilometres, whereas others
> have travelled 2,000 kilometres.
>
> "And when you think about one individual animal travelling 2,000
> kilometres through central Australia, that's a massive distance to try
> and manage that animal over."
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/01/2232125.htm?site=northwest
'Big Dry' hits Australian farmers
By Nick Bryant
BBC News, Sydney
A New South Wales farmer walks through a dusty field after its barley
crop failed, 26 October, 2006
The drought has forced 10% of farmers off the land in just five years
More than 10,000 Australian farming families have had to leave their
land as a result of the country's ongoing drought, new figures reveal.
There has been a 10% drop in the number of farmers in the past five
years, the figures released by the Australia Bureau of Statistics
revealed.
Australia is presently in the grip of the what's known locally as the
"Big Dry" - the worst drought in a century.
The figures reveal its impact on the nation's farming communities.
They show that the number of farmers in Australia has dropped by a
third in just 20 years.
Bankruptcy looms
Rural communities are now dotted with 'for sale' signs, as farmers try
to sell-up.
They have been hit not just by the difficulties of farming water-
starved land, but interest rates which are at a 12-year high.
It is a particularly vicious cycle: farmers borrow heavily to plant
seeds for crops which yield well below average harvests.
The result for many is bankruptcy, and the irksome decision to leave
land which their families have often farmed for generations.
Neither is this a problem restricted solely to Australia.
One of the main reasons why global wheat stocks are at their lowest
levels since 1979 is because of the ongoing Australian drought.
Normally, the country would hope to harvest about 25m tonnes of wheat
- in 2006 the crop yielded less than 10m tonnes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7379185.stm
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Researchers are using satellite collars to track the movement of feral
camels in outback Australia.
The project is being coordinated from South Australia, but is partly
funded by Desert Channels Queensland and the Western Australian
Government.
Coordinator John Gavin says there are up to one million feral camels
in central Australia and they are have a huge impact on the
environment and grazing enterprises.
"An average distance that the camels have travelled is about 1,400
kilometres each," he said.
"Some camels have only travelled about 300 kilometres, whereas others
have travelled 2,000 kilometres.
"And when you think about one individual animal travelling 2,000
kilometres through central Australia, that's a massive distance to try
and manage that animal over."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/01/2232125.htm?site=northwest
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Monday, 24/03/2008
Money is being offered to people who want to cull camels in South
Australia's far north to help reduce the growing population.
Currently there are about a million feral camels nationwide, 12 per
cent of them in South Australia.
The $100,000 program is being trialled by the Arid Lands and
Alinytjara Wilurara Natural Resource Management boards.
This incentive could also be offered on a national level if it proves
to be successful in SA.
Senior consultant with Rural Solutions SA, Phillip Gee. says this new
pilot program could open the door for the pet meat industry.
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/200803/s2197423.htm
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