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Marksmen in helicopters cull more than 30,000 feral pigs in north Queensland as rare turtles face extinction
Herald Sun
15 December 2013
TRAINED marksmen have shot dead more than 30,000 feral pigs in north Queensland in the past two years after scientists warned they were wiping out endangered turtles and causing more than $100 million in agricultural losses.
Gunmen shooting from helicopters used high-powered rifles to cull the pigs in several locations north of Cooktown. Read more
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