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The growing size and impact of the feral camel population in Australia’s rangelands has 
emerged as a serious issue of management. The usual rangelands issues of remoteness, low 
human population density and limited capacity are compounded by the mobility of camels 
and their extreme hardiness in ostensibly hostile environments. There are commercial and 
non-commercial options for dealing with the feral camel population, with commercial 
options constrained by limited processing capacity and a market for camel products 
unwilling to pay the real costs of production.