[wisdomdata]

unfortunately (for Australia at least) the camel is in no danger of disappearing, it is a very serious pest of the inland desert areas. The number of camels which range through inland arid areas is now around the 1 million mark. They are very destructive too, being able to reach much higher and eat tougher plants than any other native animals.

[dalke]

It appears that number was an overestimate, says http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/18/australia... . It's around 300K now, after culling. It looks like it was 600K before culling, says http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-21/feral-camel-culling-re... .

[gweinberg]

I would seem to me it should be pretty easy to shoot them and eat them.

[keeperofdakeys]

http://www.camelsaust.com.au/

There is indeed an industry for this, but it's no where near as large as it would need to be to eliminate a significant amount of the population.

You also have the problem that the population is spread over such a large area.

[Aqwis]

It seems unlikely that you'd get people to eat camels on a large scale if they're only going to be available for a short period while they're being culled.

[seszett]

Yep, like emus*

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War

[unchocked]

There's a lot of Australia, and comparatively few Australians