Camels

Broome: Police seek camel tour arsonist

Police are asking for help to find out who burned valuable camel tour equipment on Thursday night.

The deliberately-lit fire destroyed saddles and other gear belonging to Red Sun Camels, but camels were not harmed.

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Broome: Camel gear destroyed by fire

Camel gear stored in two containers has been destroyed by fire.

Police are treating the loss worth $20,000 as suspicious.

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Katherine: Local abattoir staying closed

A Katherine businessman has abandoned plans to re-open the local abattoir to slaughter cattle and feral camels.

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Friday, July 16th, 2010 Business and finance No Comments

Broome: Camel operator could lose license

Broome shire council will decide tonight whether to strip a camel ride owner of his operating license.

It is alleged the operator has repeatedly breached rules.

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Broome: Camel rides operator charged

Broome’s Cable Beach camel rides war is in the news again.

Samantha Cousins, who holds license for the business Ships of the Desert, is charged with breaching a restraing order.

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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 Broome, Police and courts No Comments

Eradicate camels says station owner

Bulka Station’s Jim Motter has joined a call to eradicate feral camels rather than just control numbers.

He said he shoots about 120 camels every year, yet they still destroy fences and gates and drink too much water.

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Monday, June 14th, 2010 Environment, Government No Comments

Feral animals to be slaughtered at Katherine

A Darwin investment group, called the Darwin Investment Group,  is moving to buy the Katherine abbatoir.

The group plans to concentrate on slaughtering feral animals.

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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 Business and finance No Comments

Western Desert: Camel cull ‘not enough’

A pastoralist near the WA-NT border welcomes the coming camel cull, but says it will be not be enough.

He said camels numbers are increasing by about 100,000 per year.

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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 Environment, Government No Comments

Broome: Camel-attack dog to live

Broome shire is not prosecuting the owner of two dogs who attacked Cable Beach camels, injuring a passenger.

One of the dogs has been declared dangerous.

You can read the shire statement here:

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Feral camels close to uncontrollable

A pastoralist near the WA/NT border says feral camels have pushed out kangaroos and emus.

He urges a massive culling program before camel numbers build to the point where they become uncontrollable.

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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 Environment, Government No Comments