Richard King

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thousands of camels in South Australia will be shot from helicopters as a result of the extreme heat and drought.

A five-day pick on Wednesday started, as the aboriginal people have been reported to damage communities in the region, large groups of camels in cities and buildings.

"you roam The Streets in search of water. We are concerned about the safety of young children," says Marita Baker, lives in the community of the Kanypi.

Some of the feral horses are also killed.

camels were brought to Australia in the 19Th Century and have since

The filming of " The Animals , the Department of environment and water come from Australia .

Hot and dry conditions led to a huge Bush fire in Australia in The Last couple of months, but the country is in drought for years. The camel cull is not directly with the fire of the crisis.

The battles in the territory of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) - a sparsely populated part of South Australia , home to A Number of indigenous groups.

"There is extreme pressure on the remote control Aboirignal communities in the APY lands and their herds [of cattle] operations, while The Camels are in search of water," says APY general manager Richard King in a

"with a continued dry conditions and large-camel-municipalities, the communities of all the major APY, and the infrastructure threatens the immediate camel control is required is," he adds.

"are We hot in a smelly and uncomfortable conditions uncomfortable, because all The Camels and the fences come in and knock down the houses and try to say water, through the air-conditioning systems", the APY Executive Board member Marita Baker.

camels are not native to Australia - they were taken by British settlers from India, Afghanistan and the Middle East in the 19Th Century . Century. Century.

the estimates of the number of camels vary but there are thought to be hundreds of thousands of them in the Central parts of the country.

and drink water, which is necessary to the people living there.

also emit methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to Climate Change .

firefighters fight fires in New South Wales

Australian Bush-fires have at least 25 people have died since September.

About 2,000 houses. The Eastern and southern sides of the country were affected, and many animals died in the fire.

Australia always fires at This Time of year, but they are still much worse than normal this season.

The Land was always hot in The Last few decades and expected to continue.

scientists have long warned that the hotter and drier climate will contribute to fires becoming more frequent and more intense.

The Daughter of The Rural fire brigade volunteer Andrew O'dwyer in front of her fathers coffin. The firefighter died on the 19th of December, as a Burning Tree fell on his fire truck.

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