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Reducing feral camel impacts across remote Australia:
Australian Feral Camel Management Project
21st November 2013, Parliament House Theatre, Canberra
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Session Three: Achievements and Outcomes Speakers: Mark Lethbridge, Ecoknowledge Jayne Brim Box, Northern Territory Government Sam Rando, Central Land Council Karl Hampton, Ninti One Lyndee Severin, Curtin Springs Station Jan Ferguson, Ninti One
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Pastoralist views on feral camel impacts and management Lyndee Severin
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Curtin Springs Station is located on the Lasseter Highway in the Northern Territory
100km east of Ayers Rock
• 1,028,960 acres, approx
• 40km x 100km.
• Running
– 3500 – 4000 head of cattle.
2008 feral camel densities
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Summer 2007/2008
Damaged mulga trees on Curtin Springs 28th February 2007.
These Mulga trees have all been mown off at grazing height.
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Summer 2007/2008
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Pastoral industry in 2008 • wanted “immediate action rather than
more talking about, planning to deal with, and monitoring of the problem”.
• Camels were coming onto pastoral land in large numbers, from non-pastoral land
• We knew there were lots of camels, there was little benefit to be gained by trying to count them – again…
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Opportunistic Commercial Use • Camels CAN be trained to use the
water traps, like cattle, but they must first be caught and trained
• Not every animal is saleable • The cost of putting feral camels into a
yard is more than the payment for them
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Options for ‘control’ on the ground • Exclusion fencing • 3 strands of 3.8
tonne breaking strain cable.
• 2 heights of mesh1.7km
• $42,000
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Options for ‘control’ on the ground
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Control ‘options’
• Ground culling – Part of everyday
activities – Effective ongoing
control – Requires staff
training and weapons
• Aerial culling – Expensive for
individuals – Requires coordinated
approach – Effective for big hits
in a short timeframe
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Emergency cull
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2013 Emergency cull
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Emergency cull
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Emergency cull
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2013 Pastoral Survey
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Competition with livestock for feed and water
Fence damage
Waterpoint infrastructure damage
Water fouling
Spreading of weeds
Loss of biodiversity
Road safety
Other (please specify)
Feral camel impacts 2009-13 • 7 million ha under management
• Impacts of $20k, up t0 $60k in 2010/11
• Aerial and ground control
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Car vs Camel
Fouling water
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Flow on effects of ground or aerial culling
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