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just read an article in american hunter magazine, that the feral camel population has reached over a million animals... the largest wild herd on the planet
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Hey there jammin1237 I live in southern Australia, But about two days drive north in some remote and inhospitable Arid areas,
it is estimated that they exceed one million animals distributed over more than 40 percent of the continent, so pockets of animals over a large area The total feral camel population in Australia is increasing at about 10 percent per year resulting in an additional 100,000 in 2008.
I often talk to people at my shooting club and they tell me that a station owner has invited them up to his property that has feral camels roaming around, he is happy for you to clean them up for him.
Because of the Impacts and the damage to infrastructure such as fences, increasing grazing pressure to native vegetation, and the degradation and depletion of important natural water sources such as rock holes and water holes.