Thousands of camels in South Australia will be shot dead from helicopters as a result of extreme heat and drought.
The BBC have reported it at www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51032145 and it says
A five-day cull started on Wednesday, as Aboriginal communities in the region have reported large groups of camels damaging towns and buildings.
They are roaming the streets looking for water. We are worried about the safety of the young children", says Marita Baker, who lives in the community of Kanypi. "We have been stuck in stinking hot and uncomfortable conditions, feeling unwell, because all the camels are coming in and knocking down fences, getting in around the houses and trying to get water through air-conditioners,
The camels are not indigenous to Australia but were introduced by British colonists as a form of transport in desert areas. Unfortunately as they ceased to be needed for this purpose they were released into the desert and have become feral. With few predators, there are now over 100,000 of them, and as you can see in the quotes above they are making life for the aboriginal people who practise pastural farming in an area where water supply is now scarce both dangerous and difficult.