Feral camel numbers dropping
Australia has the largest feral camel population in the world, and they are spread across 3.3 million square kilometres of Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland. Image: Markalark/iStockphoto Better and more accurate survey figures have been released today by the Australian Feral Camel Management Project (AFCMP) that now places the number of feral camels roaming the outback at about 750,000.Australia has the largest feral camel population in the world, and they are spread across 3.3 million square kilometres of Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland.Jan Ferguson, the Managing Director of Ninti One Ltd, which manages the AFCMP, says "Between 2001 and 2008, it was estimated that there could have been as many as a million feral camels in the outback."Since then, however, there has been a major drought, the feral camel management program has come into effect and population survey techniques have been improved. These are the main...