Thousands of camels to be shot by snipers from helicopters later this week
ISTANBUL
Turkey’s leading aid agency is seeking ways to prevent the mass culling of camels in drought-afflicted South Australia where the animals’ water consumption are threatening communities.
Vice Chairman of Istanbul-based Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), Serkan Nergis, said his group would contact colleagues in Australia to try to find what could be done about the situation.
In case of a mass slaughter of camels, Nergis offered to use the meat for the benefit of consumers. “For example … their meats could be distributed to the needy,” he said on Twitter. “I hope we can get a result.”
Thousands of camels in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands in South Australia’s far northwest, are planned to be killed this week by snipers from helicopters.
“There is extreme pressure on remote Aboriginal communities in the APY lands and their pastoral operations as the camels search for water,” according to a Facebook statement from APY authorities.
“With the ongoing dry conditions and the large camel congregations threatening all of the main APY communities and infrastructure, immediate camel control is needed,” it added.
aa.com.tr / balkantimes.press
Napomena o autorskim pravima: Dozvoljeno preuzimanje sadržaja isključivo uz navođenje linka prema stranici našeg portala sa koje je sadržaj preuzet. Stavovi izraženi u ovom tekstu autorovi su i ne odražavaju nužno uredničku politiku The Balkantimes Press.
Copyright Notice: It is allowed to download the content only by providing a link to the page of our portal from which the content was downloaded. The views expressed in this text are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policies of The Balkantimes Press.