Australian feral camel management project

• Reach:

  National

• Focus area:

  Mainstream with Indigenous content

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The Australian feral camel management project is dealing with the need to reduce feral camel numbers and the impact this has on the environment, infrastructure (housing, fencing and vehicles), cultural sites and the personal safety of communities in remote Australia.

The project involves Aboriginal corporations, natural resources management boards, conservation groups and the pastoral and commercial industries in four regions of Australia covering SA, WA, Qld and NT.

An interim website has been developed to provide information relating to the project. The website includes:

• media and news
• publications (Indigenous and non-Indigenous)
• maps
  
• how to report feral camels in your community

Contacts

Ninti One Limited
PO Box 3971
Alice Springs NT 0871
Ph: (08) 8959 6039
Email: info@feralcamels.com.au

Related publications

Edwards GP, Zeng B, Saalfeld WK, Vaarzon-Morel P, McGregor M, eds. (2008)

Managing the impacts of feral camels in Australia: a new way of doing business.

Alice Springs: Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre

• Links
• View book section: Managing the impacts of feral camels in Australia: a new way of doing business (PDF - 10.6 MB)
• View website: Australian Feral Camels Project
• View website: Desert Knowledge CRC

Vaarzon-Morel P (2008)

Key stakeholder perceptions of feral camels: Aboriginal community survey: chapter 5.

Alice Springs: Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre

• Links
• View report: Key stakeholder perceptions of feral camels: Aboriginal community survey: chapter 5 (PDF - 737.4 KB)
• View information: Desert Knowledge CRC Research Reports
• View website: Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre

Feldmuller M, Gee P, Pitt J, Feuerherdt L, eds. (2012)

Best practice camel book: an illustrated guide to the 2012 Australian Standard, Model Code of Practice and Standard Operating Procedures relevant to the humane control of feral camels.

Adelaide: Rural Solutions South Australia

This book is an illustrated guide to controlling feral camels in rural and remote Australia.

The principles and practices in this book are based on the following:

• Australian standard and guidelines for the land transport of camels
• Code of practice for the humane control of feral camels
• Standard operating procedures for mustering and ground shooting of feral camels.

The book uses over 150 cartoons, drawings, diagrams, and photographs to illustrate the text and make the content more accessible. It includes an introduction which describes camel handling hazards, camel body condition scoring, and ways to identify both camel bulls in rut and camel cows in late pregnancy. Indigenous Australian workers and community members are featured extensively in the illustrations.

Abstract adapted from Rural Solutions South Australia (SA)

• Links
• View edited book: Best practice camel book (PDF - 3.6 MB)
• View edited book: Best practice camel book (PDF - 4.1 MB)
• View information: Best practice camel book
• View website: Rural Solutions South Australia

Links

• View report: Background to the project (PDF - 293.5 KB)
• View contact details: Australian feral camel management project
• View website: Australian feral camel management project