A pilot program in the spring of 2020 killed 85 wolves that feed on the declining Bathurst and Bluenose East caribou herds. Brett Elkin, assistant deputy minister with the department, said the cull was being performed in the most humane way possible. Research on the humaneness of killing animals by helicopter came from research around the Australian cull of the feral dromedary camel, the territory says. (Jjron/Wikimedia Commons/)Camels were brought to Australia in the 19th century, before vehicles were widely available, according to the Australian government's national feral camel action plan. An AU $19 million program ran from 2009 to 2013, taking the population from an estimated 1 million to 300,000.

Source: CBC News November 13, 2020 10:52 UTC