[新聞] 澳洲長期乾旱 6000駱駝為水瘋狂闖社區

nonel

(法新社)2009年11月26日 星期四 03:20

（法新社雪梨25日電） 官員今天表示，約6000頭澳洲
野生駱駝撒野，衝進澳洲內陸一處偏遠社區找水喝，不僅搗毀基礎設施，更闖入機場跑道。
澳洲北領地（Northern Territory）官員表示，隨著澳洲部分地區出現長期乾旱，大群單峰駱駝橫行滋擾，嚇得澳洲中部至少一處城鎮的居民不敢隨便離開房子。
地方首長奈特（Rob Knight）說：「達克爾河（Docker River）社區被6000頭到處劫水的野生駱駝包圍。」
最近幾週，口渴的駱駝闖進城鎮找水喝，同時誤闖機場跑道，還破壞許多設施。
奈特說：「牠們闖進這個住有350人的社區，搗毀許多基礎設施，情況變得很嚴重。而且有些駱駝被同伴活活踩死，屍體引發社區的衛生問題。」
他指出，「牠們還毀壞水管，並且入侵機場跑道，影響到緊急醫療轉送。」
超過100萬頭的野生駱駝徘徊在澳洲中部，是全球最大群的野生動物，這些野生駱駝破壞了脆弱的荒漠生態和水資源。
駱駝、驢子和馬匹也因為會撕咬植物，破壞許多沙漠社區的植被計畫。
地方當局已經額外撥款來撲殺這些動物，不過麥當納郡（Macdonnell Shire）的行政長官
泰勒（GrahamTaylor）認為，需要採取緊急行動。
泰勒表示，將動用直昇機把駱駝趕出鎮外，再予以槍殺。
駱駝是在19世紀末到20世紀初從外國引進澳洲內陸，作為馱運之用。不過當火車和汽車愈趨普及取代駱駝後，牠們最後被放生野外。（

hlouie

What a bullshit! I live in Australia for so long , watch news every night and read newspaper every day and I never heard anything like that fxxken bullshit before!

nonel

first of all, cut the swearing if you want to keep on using this forum.
think about it, maybe you just didnt read news enough, although you claim that you have been living in australia for long.

pashushita

是啊。。找吃不容易啊。不要介意

細佬魂

睇黎佢真係好口喝..不過佢都無攻擊性既

superfire

還以為這些情節，只會在漫畫出現，如果有日，有隻駱駝突然衝入你屋，搶咗你杯水飲，我諗你笑死多過嚇死～

ice8cool

我还说呢  原来也是外来物种

norman.ho

I live in the Aussie Land too, no need for swearing, lets be a bit more civilise and discuss it further.
There are a few animal that were introduced into Australia and they have turned public enemies.
The ones that causes the most environmental damages are:
1. Cane Toad.
2. Wild Rabbits.
3. Wild Camels.

The camels in NT breed profusely and they are pack animals, so during the drought, they have eaten most of the native vegetation and have started going into the private farms.  They have become a real pest, they are quite aggressive and persistent.  But I haven't heard of them getting into the Airport runway though.  The news story did exaggerate a bit.  Perhaps, the camel did venture into some private airfields.

zdhan

我记得好像还有考拉跑到居民家中讨水喝的吧

nonel

8# norman.ho
Good to know someone from australia who is civilised, i live in sydney too.
Which state are you in?
But in urban/suburban area, the wild animal attacks rarely happened. i only heard them from news.