Emu War
Australian nuisance wildlife management campaign / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Emu War (or 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 (a large flightless bird indigenous to Australia) said to be destroying crops in the Campion district within the Wheatbelt of Western Australia. The unsuccessful attempts to curb the population of emus employed Royal Australian Artillery soldiers armed with Lewis guns—leading the media to adopt the name "Emu War" when referring to the incident. Although many birds were killed, the emu population persisted and continued to cause crop destruction.
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Planned by | Sir George Pearce |
Objective | Reduce the local emu population |
Date | 2 November – 10 December 1932 (1 month, 1 week and 1 day) |
Executed by | Australian Army, led by Major Gwynydd Purves Wynne-Aubrey Meredith of the Royal Australian Artillery |
Outcome | 986 emus confirmed killed.[1] Minimal impact on the overall emu population. |
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