my care2
make a difference

causes & news

news network

socially conscious news and video shared and rated by the community

Animals News tagged with camels

ACTION ALERT: Save 6000 Camels!!!
Animals  (tags: camels, imported to australia, set free, breed, populations, cruelty, government, killing helicopters )

Simone
- 15 days ago - all-creatures.org
Tell Chief Minister, Rob Knight to find a way to provide protection and freedom for camels rather than shooting them to death from helicopters. Camels were imported into Australia in the 1800s to "help" people travel as they dominated this vast country.
10 comments
Town Under Siege: 6,000 Camels to Be Shot - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Animals  (tags: camels, cull, Northern Territory, Australia, drought, thirst )

Jenny
- 24 days ago - abc.net.au
Docker River community - The Territory Gov't is spending $50,000 on a cull in the next week. Helicopters will herd the camels 15 kilometres outside the community where they will be shot and left to decay. Pictured: camel tries to open a door.
10 comments
Australian Camel Cull Plan Angers Animal Welfare Groups
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, camels, cull, Australia, animaladvocates, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 25 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Campaigners urge 'trigger-happy' Australian government not to shoot 6,000 camels causing chaos in Docker River
6 comments
11 Cool Facts About Bactrian Camels
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, camels, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 94 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Wild Bactrian camels are critically endangered due to hunting, habitat loss, illegal mining activities, and competition with livestock for grazing areas.
1 comment
The Last Wild Camels
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, camels, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 98 days ago - advocacy.britannica.com
Wild Bactrian, or two-humped, camels (Camelus bactrianus) are extraordinary creatures with a long and fascinating history. They have roamed the barren and rocky deserts of China and Mongolia for thousands of years. Both Bactrians and their one-humped
add comment
ACTION ALERT: Stop Australia's Camel Slaughter!!!
Animals  (tags: australian goverment, inhumane, camels, slaughter, masacre, outback, aerial killing )

Simone
- 130 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
We have recently learnt that the Kevin Rudd administration has planned to cull 650,000 camels in Australia's outback. This is in response to controlling the camel population which is said to cause widespread havoc by trampling vegetation and 'encroaching
12 comments
Australia Considers Mass Killings of Camels
Animals  (tags: camels, australian government, animal killers, gunnned down, massacred, cruelty )

Simone
- 133 days ago - google.com
Thousands of camels in Australia's remote Outback could be killed by marksmen in helicopters under a government proposal aimed at cutting down the population of the havoc-wreaking creatures. First introduced into Australia in the 1840s to help
2 comments
Wild Camels 'Genetically Unique'
Animals  (tags: animals, camels, study, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 152 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The precarious status of the Bactrian camel has been highlighted by a new genetic study.
2 comments
This Camel Climbed Mount Washington
Animals  (tags: animals, camels, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, climbed Mount Washington )

Cher
- 164 days ago - unionleader.com
A dromedary named Josh became the first camel to climb Mount Washington this morning, reaching the summit just before 9 a.m.
add comment
Unexpected Hairy Arrival at Park
Animals  (tags: animals, camels, birth, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection )

Cher
- 191 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The birth of an endangered camel was an "unexpected" arrival on Merseyside after its mother's long hair concealed the pregnancy for more than a year.
add comment
Cute Animal Alert: Baby Camels at the Minn. Zoo !
Animals  (tags: camels, zoos, births, babies, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 256 days ago - blogs.citypages.com
The Minnesota Zoo debuted their first two Bactrian camel babies of the season this morning. Let's hear it for Samara and Sarah, the latest zoo babes to stare at.
add comment
Thirsty Camels 'Turning the Taps on' in Central Australia - Australia
Animals  (tags: australia, nt, nothern territory, camels, water, community, federal government, central australia )

Chrissy
- 267 days ago - abc.net.au
Camels are coming into communities in central Australia and turning on the taps, the Macdonnell Shire Council says. The shire has applied to the Federal Government for a $4.5 million slice of infrastructure funding to build camel-proof boundaries around 1
4 comments
Camel Guardians- Stop the Inhumane Sacrifice of Camels!!- Please Sign PETITION
Animals  (tags: camels, middle east, tortured, bleed to death, animal cruelty, sacrifice, killing of camels )

Simone
- 294 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Each year, during a middle Eastern celebration of Id, thousands of innocent camels are abused, starved and killed. These animals are first beaten and starved until they are weak then hobbled and have their necks sliced open and bleed to death. Middle East
6 comments
Camel Plague Wreaking Havoc in Red Centre
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, wild animals, camels, plaque )

Jacquelin
- 365 days ago - cosmosmagazine.com
SYDNEY: More than a million camels, the largest wild herd on Earth, are ravaging a vast and fragile desert region of 3.3 million square kilometres in the heart of Australia. The camel plague is inflicting major damage on scarce water supplies, rare pla
1 comment
Alleged 'Camel Slapper' Takes Case to EBay
Animals  (tags: camels, slapping, humans, audacity, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection )

Cher
- 591 days ago - www1.pressdemocrat.com
Christopher Lee Allen of Santa Rosa didn't expect to become the subject of public attention, at least not like this. But now that the 23-year-old is being called a "camel slapper" by friends and a "puncher" by radio hosts and bloggers, he said Thursday
8 comments
 
 Older >

Popular Tags for: Animals

abuse animal AnimalCruelty animals animalsuffering cats crime cruelty death dog dogs endangered environment extinction habitat humans killed killing pets protection rescue rescued sadness sealife slaughter suffering torture whales wildanimals wildlife

Most Active Stories Today in Animals tagged with camels

top story finders in Animals

1. Laura H. 318 popular stories

2. charles mclachlan 316 popular stories

3. Lone Wolf 299 popular stories

4. Ann C. 293 popular stories

5. Annie Cowling 285 popular stories

6. Ginger Geronimo 273 popular stories

7. Kat Y. 261 popular stories

8. gail d. 258 popular stories

9. Dalia H. 253 popular stories

10. Horselover I. 252 popular stories

more top news finders »

What makes a top story finder?
A top finder is someone who submits stories that become popular and are promoted to the front page.

wanted: news analysts

Get Active in the Care2 News Network!

Help ferret out the most noteworthy of the Newly Submitted stories and promote them to the Front Page.

care2 news network tools

News Network Bookmarklet

Submit stories from your browser toolbar with the easy to use Add to Care2 News! bookmarklet.

News Network Syndication

Get this page in RSS. Keep up to date with the Care2 News Network in your favorite RSS reader. Yahoo!, Newsgator, Bloglines, and more!
Find out how to subscribe!

care2 newsletter spotlight

Join over 2 Million Care2 Subscribers! Sign up for our FREE Newsletters, Delivered to your Inbox!

care2 action alerts

From the Care2 Action Alert Center:





Copyright © 2009 Care2.com, inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved