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[rayheinrich]

From the Alice Springs News:

After many failed schemes, an effective method of discouraging camels
from destroying toilets has been developed. A number of fully-functional
toilets (necessary to provide their characteristic scent) are placed in
several sites about the problem area. While they appear totally identical
to a normal toilet, when the camel tries to drink from them it is treated
to a 230—volt electrical shock. This has been a very effective deterrent,
and the annual number of destroyed toilets has been cut to less than a half
of their former numbers. Witnesses say that the camel, when shocked, leaps
back and snorts frantically with pain. Then it runs in circles and breaks
all records racing into the desert away from the shocking toilet. It
thereafter avoids toilets in the area where it was hurt.

Of course, there are no perfect solutions. People in the affected areas,
while thankful for the reduction in camel toilet destruction, have expressed
concern over the insufficiency of the cautionary warning advertisements.
While no serious injuries have been reported to date, Heavitree Gap Tavern
owner James Stuart insists, "it is only a question of time".