THE Federal Government will spend $19 million to cull camels in northern and western Australia as part of a $400 million package of environmental grants.
The culling program will be undertaken by the Desert Knowledge Co-operative Research Centre.
It will require helicopters to shoot the animals in more remote parts of Central Australia.
Camels are regarded as one of Australia's worst feral pests.
They cause $14 million damage to infrastructure and a number of road deaths, through collisions, each year.
Camels also adversely affect native species by trampling habitats and blocking sparse watering holes in the desert.
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