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  • Calling for celebratory, thoughtful, descriptive, creative works that engage with the human/avian relationship. Birds are everywhere. Even in the center of the cities, the white cockatoos call as they form silhouettes against blue sky; the rosellas squabble for fruit. And in the bush birds ...
    Friday 30 July 2010
  • A worker slices feral camel meat during processing at an abattoir in Wamboden, near Alice Springs in the Northern Territory on February 15, 2010.
    Australia's small but burgeoning camel industry has been given a grant to help develop commercial trade. The industry says camel culls are hurting them at a time when it needs to capitalise on the huge international demand for camel meat and milk....Photo iconAudio icon
    Friday 3 September 2010
  • Wild dog hunting two sheep in bush
    Farmers across the country are reporting an increasing number of attacks on livestock from bigger and more aggressive wild dogs. Feral domestic dogs are taking over traditional dingo territory and it's feared it won't be long until this new predator attacks a human. ...Photo iconAudio icon
    Friday 3 September 2010
  • I've got my eye on you
    Pigs have returned to this year's Royal Adelaide Show after the Swine Flu outbreak last year, which prevented producers and breeders from exhibiting their animals. Adelaide is one of the few Royal Shows in the country that continues to judge stud pigs. ...Photo iconAudio icon
    Friday 3 September 2010
  • Farmers in North East Victoria are moving livestock and machinery in preparation for expected flooding, this weekend and next week. Maureen Cottam lives on the Broken River near Benalla and she could be cut off by flood waters. She says she's shifted her cattle to higher ground. "We're very very ...
    Friday 3 September 2010