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How Birds Defeated Australian Soldiers With Tanks And Guns At War, (picture And) by Truthday: 2:08am On Jun 17, 2023
The Emu War, also known as the Great Emu War,[2] was a nuisance wildlife management military operation undertaken in Australia over the later part of 1932 to address public concern over the number of emus said to be destroying crops in the Campion district within the Wheatbelt of Western Australia. The unsuccessful attempts to curb the population of emus, a large flightless bird indigenous to Australia, employed Royal Australian Artillery soldiers armed with Lewis guns—leading the media to adopt the name "Emu War" when referring to the incident. While a number of the birds were killed, the emu population persisted and continued to cause crop destruction.

Despite the problems encountered with the cull, the farmers of the region once again requested military assistance in 1934, 1943, and 1948, only to be turned down by the government.[1][19] Instead, the bounty system that had been instigated in 1923 was continued, and this proved to be effective: 57,034 bounties were claimed over a six-month period in 1934.[6]

By December 1932, word of the Emu War had spread, reaching the United Kingdom. Some conservationists there protested the cull as "extermination of the rare emu".[20] Dominic Serventy and Hubert Whittell, the eminent Australian ornithologists, described the "war" as "an attempt at the mass destruction of the birds".[21][22][23]

Throughout 1930 and onward, exclusion barrier fencing became a popular means of keeping emus out of agricultural areas (in addition to other vermin, such as dingoes and rabbits).[24][12]

In November 1950, Hugh Leslie raised the issues of emus in federal parliament and urged Army Minister Josiah Francis to release a quantity of .303 ammunition from the army for the use of farmers. The minister approved the release of 500,000 rounds of ammunition.[25]


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Re: How Birds Defeated Australian Soldiers With Tanks And Guns At War, (picture And) by Cassandraloius: 2:49am On Jun 17, 2023
This looks like an old picture.
Re: How Birds Defeated Australian Soldiers With Tanks And Guns At War, (picture And) by orisa37: 7:28am On Jun 17, 2023
SHIP THOSE BIRDS TO UKRAINE TO FIGHT THE RUSSIANS.
Re: How Birds Defeated Australian Soldiers With Tanks And Guns At War, (picture And) by tsdarkside(m): 7:47am On Jun 17, 2023
this people cant solve anything without violence....

strange people....africans always lived with animals for ages but never had the idea to declare full out war on them....
Re: How Birds Defeated Australian Soldiers With Tanks And Guns At War, (picture And) by tsdarkside(m): 7:52am On Jun 17, 2023
Cassandraloius:
This looks like an old picture.

nonesense....they are still the same moroons till today....

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Re: How Birds Defeated Australian Soldiers With Tanks And Guns At War, (picture And) by Nahunger(m): 7:53am On Jun 17, 2023
Lolsss

Which day birds go declare war on Nigerians 😂😂😂
Sweet meat 🤤
Suya 🤤🤤

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