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The '''Emu War''', also known as the '''Great Emu War''', was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuisance_wildlife_management nuisance wildlife management] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_operation military operation] undertaken in Australia over the latter part of 1932 to address public concern over the number of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu emus] said to be running amok in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campion,_Western_Australia Campion] district of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Australia Western Australia]. The unsuccessful attempts to curb the population of emus, a large [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flightless_bird flightless bird] indigenous to Australia, employed soldiers armed with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_gun 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.