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10,000 camels are at risk of being shot in Australia as they desperately search for water Adding fuel to fire is a situaiton that exists in Australia Along with wild fires come draught where animals are desparately running helter skelter for water. We have seen how a koala was clinging to a cyclist trying to get some water.
Is this a solution shooting camels because they are water guzzlers? Bad enough animals dying because of wild fire and now human beings are getting rid of them.
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Do you think Australians are doing the right thing?
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Yes
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No
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Don’t know
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I think there must be another way to solve the situation with camels. I do not like to consider getting rid of animals ever.
Draught is not new to Australia They had time to solve this problem.
This is such a heart-breaking time not just for people, but for animals as well…
Animals are innocent and they have to face such challenges.
I don’t believe that is necessarily true. I don’t know who much potable water is there. Is it possible that they must choose between stopping fires or allowing animals to drink? If they use seawater to fight the fires that kill and land and vegetation. Is there enough water for humans, animals, and fighting fires? It is certainly not a cut and dried issue.
Muslims are allowed to eat camel meat, similar to cattle ranching.
It is not a simple yes or no topic.
Yes. It is not a simple yes or no topic
I would like to have a “don’t know” option here, because I don’t know all the facts. It may be a humanitarian gesture to save these animals from a slow death by starvation or dehydration.
Added that option. I would rather they import water than kill camels Russians imported snow to feel the Christmas season.
Australia is a country where water is always scarce, and that is certainly true in a blazing hot summer such as they are experiencing now. There are very few major rivers, such as we understand that word in Europe and elsewhere, and those that they do have – such as the Murray and the Darling – run very low in the Summer. At present they need all the water they can get to fight the bushfires, but I can’t see how importing water would be practical – dragging icebergs from Antarctica maybe, but that would take a long time.
If you say water shortage is routine surely they had time to arrage for imports.
Just a silly thought. Can they not use the ocean around it?
Desalination is an option, but the process is energy-consuming and it not often done on a large scale. However, it is certainly an option that Australia is considering.
At any cost they should not kill those poor camels. Cruelty is an under statement.