国际英语资讯:Aussie aerial shooting targets major feral animal threat in northern areas
<p><span word="SYDNEY">SYDNEY</span>, <span word="July">July</span> 6-- <span word="Local">Local</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Australia">Australia</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Northern">Northern</span> <span word="Territory">Territory</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="begin">begin</span> <span word="uNPRecedented">uNPRecedented</span> <span word="aerial">aerial</span> <span word="shooting">shooting</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="feral">feral</span> <span word="animals">animals</span> <span word="threatening">threatening</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="environmental">environmental</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cultural">cultural</span> <span word="sites">sites</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="media">media</span>.</p><p><span word="About">About</span> 20,000 <span word="feral">feral</span> <span word="buffalo">buffalo</span>, <span word="horses">horses</span>, <span word="cattle">cattle</span>, <span word="donkeys">donkeys</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="pigs">pigs</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="roaming">roaming</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="East">East</span> <span word="Arnhem">Arnhem</span> <span word="Land">Land</span> <span word="Indigenous">Indigenous</span> <span word="Protected">Protected</span> <span word="Area">Area</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Northern">Northern</span> <span word="Land">Land</span> <span word="Council">Council</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="helps">helps</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="owners">owners</span> <span word="manage">manage</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="land">land</span>, <span word="wants">wants</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cut">cut</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="feral">feral</span> <span word="animals">animals</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reduce">reduce</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="impact">impact</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="sensitive">sensitive</span> <span word="areas">areas</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ABC">ABC</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="channel">channel</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span>.</p><p><span word="Aerial">Aerial</span> <span word="shooting">shooting</span> <span word="targeting">targeting</span> <span word="buffalo">buffalo</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="horses">horses</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="roll">roll</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span>, <span word="mostly">mostly</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="remote">remote</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="inaccessible">inaccessible</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="vehicles">vehicles</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="channel">channel</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="aerial">aerial</span> <span word="cull">cull</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="three">three</span>-<span word="year">year</span> <span word="environmental">environmental</span> <span word="management">management</span> <span word="plan">plan</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="wetlands">wetlands</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="zone">zone</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="particularly">particularly</span> <span word="vulnerable">vulnerable</span>, <span word="particularly">particularly</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="impact">impact</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="buffalo">buffalo</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="identified">identified</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="value">value</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wetlands">wetlands</span>," <span word="the">the</span> <span word="council">council</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="regional">regional</span> <span word="program">program</span> <span word="coordinator">coordinator</span> <span word="Mike">Mike</span> <span word="Carmody">Carmody</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="quoted">quoted</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="saying">saying</span>.</p><p>"<span word="And">And</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="isn">isn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="feral">feral</span> <span word="animals">animals</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="feral">feral</span> <span word="animals">animals</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="exacerbate">exacerbate</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="introducing">introducing</span> <span word="weeds">weeds</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="gives">gives</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="combination">combination</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="issues">issues</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="cause">cause</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="grief">grief</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="special">special</span> <span word="areas">areas</span>."</p><p><span word="Louise">Louise</span> <span word="Bilato">Bilato</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="heads">heads</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="buffalo">buffalo</span> <span word="industry">industry</span> <span word="group">group</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="quoted">quoted</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="moves">moves</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="animal">animal</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span> <span word="were">were</span> "<span word="concerning">concerning</span>", <span word="with">with</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="buffalo">buffalo</span> "<span word="currently">currently</span> <span word="outstripping">outstripping</span> <span word="supply">supply</span>".</p>
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