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More than 1000 feral buffalo and unmanaged cattle roaming Northern Australia will be tagged and tracked as part of the world's largest satellite herd-tracking program, announced today by Australia's national science agency, CSIRO.
Coinciding with National Reconciliation Week this week, the $4 million, 3.5 year project aims to turn the destructive pests into economic, environmental and cultural opportunities for Indigenous communities across the region, as well as create new 'best practice' for managing large herds using space technology.
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The animals will be tracked across a combined area of 22,314 square kilometres, taking in the Arafura swamp catchment in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, and Upper Normanby and Archer River on Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.
Well, that takes care of the burgers. What about the beer?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 01 2020, @09:46AM
To be clear, these are not Bison we are talking about here, they are Water Buffalo, an entirely different, and much more bad tempered, critter. Feral Cattle? Not much different than your average Auzzie Mate, I dare say. But mind the Crocs, and the Near snakes, the Taipans, and the Funnel-webs, and not to mention the drop bears. Limey, any animal that can survive being feral in Australia, ought to have a right to live without being spied on by mates from space! Just saying!