Shooters will take to the skies in helicopters this week to hunt down and kill thousands of feral camels tormenting remote communities. And it won’t take them long to meet that seemingly large target.

(CNN) -- About 10,000 camels are at risk of being shot and killed in a drought-ravaged region of Australia, after complaints that the thirsty animals are endangering locals as they desperately search ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The federal government is considering a plan which would see central Australian Aborigines funded to cull feral camels. Indigenous ...

Camels were first introduced to Australia in the 1840s to aid in the exploration of the continent's vast interior. [AFP] Snipers took to helicopters in Australia on Wednesday to begin a mass cull of ...

Around 6,000 camels are reportedly rampaging through a remote Australian town. The Northern Territory government has organised a mass cull of the creatures after claiming that the Docker River ...

SINGAPORE, June 2 (Reuters) - Killing camels to earn carbon credits might seem an extreme way to fight climate change, but the Australian government on Thursday issued detailed rules that will help ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Australian authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with ...

French actress Brigitte Bardot has condemned an Australian plan to cull two million feral cats to stop them harming native animals, a proposal animal rights groups said Wednesday was unlikely to be ...

There are many exotic species native to Australia: The kangaroo, the koala, the kookaburra. But the camel is not among them. Australia is now home to more wild camels than any other country on earth.