Australia’s feral camels were abandoned when trucks replaced them. More than a century later, their isolation is attracting Gulf breeders

• Australia’s camel population is difficult to count, partly because the animals are scattered across an immense stretch of desert and semi-desert country.
• Estimates have placed the feral herd anywhere from about 300,000 to one million, depending on the year and the method used to survey it.
• Their presence is a legacy of a very different Australia, when dromedaries were brought in to carry supplies and equipment across the inland.