Officials to kill thousands of camels in Australia as they drink too much water amid wildfires [View all]

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Officials will kill thousands of camels in Australia as they drink too much water amid the wildfires.

Leaders in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in northwest Australia will send helicopters to kill up to 10,000 camels in a five-day campaign starting Wednesday, The Australian reported. The order to kill comes as a drought makes the camels more desperate for water, causing chaos in local communities.

The State Department for Environment and Water will send the helicopters up. The camels’ bodies will be burnt or buried if they are accessible, but in remote areas, their bodies will be left.

The National Feral Camel Management Plan estimated about one million camels lived in three states and the Northern territory in 2010, according to the newspaper.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/477058-officials-to-kill-thousands-of-camels-in-australia-as-they-drink