Australian Camel Culling
- Thread starter Gatehouse
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From the NSW.GOV.AU regs on Feral Camel Culling:Animal welfare implications
Target animals
• The humaneness of shooting as a control technique depends almost entirely on the skill
and judgement of the shooter. If properly carried out, it is one of the most humane
methods of killing camels.
• Shooting must be conducted with the appropriate firearms and ammunition and in a
manner that aims to cause immediate insensibility and painless death.
• When shooting an animal, it must be clearly visible, and able to be killed with a single
shot due to the difficulty of follow-up shots from the ground, particularly in difficult
terrain. A solid rest or support should be utilised to ensure accurate shot placement.
• Only head (brain) or chest (heart-lung) shots must be used. A well-placed shot to the
head to destroy the brain will result in instantaneous insensibility and a quicker death
compared to a well-placed shot to the chest. Chest shots to destroy the heart can
present challenges for accurate placement and may not always result in rapid death. For
this reason, under ideal conditions, head shots are preferred over chest shots, however in
some situations (e.g., where close approach is not possible; the head is obstructed or
cannot be targeted; the animal is already wounded; or a second ‘follow-up’ shot can be
quickly taken), because the chest is a larger target, a chest shot may be the most suitable
option. Shooting at other parts of the body is unacceptable.
• Correctly placed head shots cause brain function to cease, and insensibility will be
immediate. Death from a shot to the chest is due to massive tissue damage and
haemorrhage from major blood vessels. Insensibility will occur sometime after, from a
few seconds to a minute or more. If a shot stops the heart functioning, the animal will
lose consciousness very rapidly.
• The shooter must be certain that each animal or defined group of animals is dead by
physical inspection before another is targeted.
• Wounded camels must be located and dispatched as quickly and humanely as possible
with a second shot preferably directed to the head. If left, wounded animals can escape
and suffer from pain and the disabling effects of the injury.
• If lactating cows are shot, reasonable efforts should be made to find dependent calves
and kill them quickly and humanely with a shot to the brain.
I have not read this whole document, nor have I watched the video others have knowing what I have gleaned from previous members comments.
Spreading poison bait around Australia is frowned up in may of the states again, I do not know the whole regulations regarding the poisoning for control of this feral animal.
Maybe our resident Australian CGN member can weight in?
Regards,
Rob
Target animals
• The humaneness of shooting as a control technique depends almost entirely on the skill
and judgement of the shooter. If properly carried out, it is one of the most humane
methods of killing camels.
• Shooting must be conducted with the appropriate firearms and ammunition and in a
manner that aims to cause immediate insensibility and painless death.
• When shooting an animal, it must be clearly visible, and able to be killed with a single
shot due to the difficulty of follow-up shots from the ground, particularly in difficult
terrain. A solid rest or support should be utilised to ensure accurate shot placement.
• Only head (brain) or chest (heart-lung) shots must be used. A well-placed shot to the
head to destroy the brain will result in instantaneous insensibility and a quicker death
compared to a well-placed shot to the chest. Chest shots to destroy the heart can
present challenges for accurate placement and may not always result in rapid death. For
this reason, under ideal conditions, head shots are preferred over chest shots, however in
some situations (e.g., where close approach is not possible; the head is obstructed or
cannot be targeted; the animal is already wounded; or a second ‘follow-up’ shot can be
quickly taken), because the chest is a larger target, a chest shot may be the most suitable
option. Shooting at other parts of the body is unacceptable.
• Correctly placed head shots cause brain function to cease, and insensibility will be
immediate. Death from a shot to the chest is due to massive tissue damage and
haemorrhage from major blood vessels. Insensibility will occur sometime after, from a
few seconds to a minute or more. If a shot stops the heart functioning, the animal will
lose consciousness very rapidly.
• The shooter must be certain that each animal or defined group of animals is dead by
physical inspection before another is targeted.
• Wounded camels must be located and dispatched as quickly and humanely as possible
with a second shot preferably directed to the head. If left, wounded animals can escape
and suffer from pain and the disabling effects of the injury.
• If lactating cows are shot, reasonable efforts should be made to find dependent calves
and kill them quickly and humanely with a shot to the brain.
I have not read this whole document, nor have I watched the video others have knowing what I have gleaned from previous members comments.
Spreading poison bait around Australia is frowned up in may of the states again, I do not know the whole regulations regarding the poisoning for control of this feral animal.
Maybe our resident Australian CGN member can weight in?
Regards,
Rob
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- windsor ontario
Dead is dead. They used to use .308 FMJ with headshots on water buffalo when they weee doing their huge culling operations.
And like he said he can’t just use any rifle for the job has to go through an application process.
Was this a common problem on AIA lee enfields it’s one of the ones I wished I had gotten especially in 7.62x39.
And like he said he can’t just use any rifle for the job has to go through an application process.
Was this a common problem on AIA lee enfields it’s one of the ones I wished I had gotten especially in 7.62x39.
They may shoot Feral Boar in Texas and maybe they are going to use helicopters for the camels in Australia , but here in BC on the Southern Gulf Island of Sydney they are going to shoot Feral Fallow Deer that are destroying the local island fauna in the National Park and the Private strata portion of the Island.
Yes, the thin edge of the wedge to take away our guns by killing off the critters under the guise protecting the natural island habitat so will no longer need guns to harvest deer in the wild......
Oh My.....
