A Million Camels Plague Australia

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 18:07 in Biology & Nature

Wild dromedary camels, brought to Australia in the mid-19th century to help explore and develop the outback, were left to breed and survive on their own. Now they number a million in the wild and have become pests, officials say. Video.

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