World News Camel cull mulled to cut emissions

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Kill a camel, earn cash for cutting greenhouse gases: That offer may be coming soon in Australia, where vast numbers of the nonnative methane-belching animals have been trampling the Outback for more than a century. The government has proposed that killing camels be registered as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Australia has the world's largest population of wild camels — an estimated 1.2 million — and considers them a growing environmental problem. Each camel belches about 45 kilograms of methane a year, one-sixth as much as an average U.S. car. (AP)

CO2削減で、野生のラクダ殺処分か

オーストラリアの砂漠地帯に約120万頭生息する野生のラクダのげっぷが地球温暖化の一因になっているとして、ラクダを全滅させて温室効果ガスの排出削減を目指す計画が提案された。

Shukan ST: June 24, 2011

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