Australia & New Zealand Hunting : Australia: The Camel cull
on 2010/8/23 14:34:24

The Northern Territory Government has defended the culling of feral camels, in the face of claims that more humane control methods are being ignored.

Since January, 2,000 camels have been shot or mustered in the Simpson Desert under the National Feral Camel Management Plan.

NT Environment Minister Karl Hampton says the Government is on track to cull 60,000 camels by July next year.

He says culling makes the most economic sense
"The Northern Territory Government, some time ago, did provide $2 million directly to industry, but what we found was that that was not viable," he says.

"There needs to be a lot of work done and certainly the Northern Territory Government is committed to working towards further looking at those opportunities