Aussies Urged To Eat BBQ Camel

Aussies Urged To Eat BBQ Camel

After trying to persuade Australians to eat kangaroo, emu and crocodile meat over the past few decades, the nation's agribusiness leaders have turned their attention to the ship of the desert.

Last week, senior public servants were served camel at a barbecue in Canberra as part of a campaign to add the meat to Australia's bushtucker menu.

Camels, imported from the Canary Islands in 1840, have bred in such large numbers that the population is out of control. It is estimated that more than a million of the beasts now roam the Outback, inflicting major damage on desert ecosystems. As ruminants, with a tendency to expel greenhouse gases from both ends, the animals also add to global warming.

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