Australian Woman Killed By Amorous Camel

(AP)  An Australian woman was killed by a pet camel given to her as a 60th birthday present after the animal apparently tried to have sex, police said Sunday.

The woman, whose name was not released, was killed Saturday at her family's sheep and cattle ranch near Mitchell, 350 miles west of the Queensland state capital Brisbane, state police Detective Senior Constable Craig Gregory said.

The 10-month-old male camel — weighing about 330 pounds — knocked the woman to the ground, lay on top of her, then exhibited what police suspect was mating behavior, Gregory said.

"I'd say it's probably been playing, or it may be even a sexual sort of thing," Gregory said, adding the camel almost suffocated the family's pet goat by straddling it on several occasions.

Camel expert Chris Hill said he had no doubt the camel's behavior was sexual.

Hill, who has offered camel rides to tourists for 20 years, said young camels are not aggressive, but can be dangerous if treated as pets without discipline.

The fate of the camel was not known.

The woman was given the camel in March as a birthday present from her husband and daughter. "She had a love of exotic pets," Gregory said.

[nothappyatall]

"Nor do we need citations of books we have no interest in reading."

Then don''t read, it was relevent to the ARTICLE and the death.

"And have a little respect for the dead."

Please cite the law that requires respect for dead, they are DEAD- they don''t care at that point.


" A woman dies and you two stand around laughing about it like Beavis and Butthead!
phideaux1"

I''m not the one ''laughing'' at the article, you meant nggr who never contributes a dam thing, Barbara''s ''giggling'' and others. As for me, I don''t care, I don''t know the woman, she lived half way around the globe and doesn''t mean anything to me personally. I''m not the one who is cursing others in here, I''m also not the one who brought up her ''maturity odor'' with regards to her dog as a kid but where I see incorrect statements of facts on animal issues, I will correct them with the facts, as I have and will continue to do so.
If you don''t like my posts and comments, then don''t read them, or leave Phudeaux1

[nothappyatall]

There are plenty of people with pet camels, And not just from Australia."
kkpp

And how many of them are 60 year old frail women?
This is like giving an 8 year old a Cyldesdale stallion for her birthday, you don''''t give pets to ANYONE unless they ask for one! this is the problem around xmas time with puppies and kittens, people will amazingly do stupid things like give a St Bernard puppy to a 70 year old woman who lives in a small apartment on the 3rd floor, or a Clydesdale stallion to an 8 year old kid whose last pet was a kitten but she wanted a real horse after playing with ''''my little pony''''

You don''''t people living animals they my not want or are ill equipped to deal with, and you certainly don''''t buy inappropriate pets for other people. You wouldn''''t buy your neighbor lady a set of underwear and bras for xmas, why would you buy her a PET she may not even want or may not be able to handle?

[nothappyatall]

kkpp123456 OOOHHH look who gets pisssed off and violated terms of service, and ran into the word censor like this; *** I''m reporting YOUR posts too now!
Maybe you need to grow some skin instead of whining to mommy or big brother because you can''t handle your OWN battles.

[nothappyatall]

phydeux1 good luck, report all you like I don''t care, I provided FACTS and not one word of the medical articles hit the built-in word censor, if you don''t want to read the facts or other people''s comments, then don''t read my posts!

[rushlimpdrug]

but jesus loves me dude. you should too:)
Posted by nggr

You should be glad jesus is not a camel.

[nggr]

To Newster1 and nggr: You two sick individuals have been reported for your disgusting, perverse, and disrespectful postings here.
Posted by phydeux1 at 04:18 PM : Aug 21, 2007

but jesus loves me dude. you should too:)

[nggr]

a chinchilla
Posted by phydeux1 at 04:18 PM : Aug 21, 2007

i''m sure you could c.r.a.p one out for''em, oh wait
i guess it doesn''t matter now, she''s been humped to death by a camel.

[bobnjersey]

[The fate of the camel was not known. ]

sounds like it''s frustrated to me.

[rushlimpdrug]

Posted by smg1956

Whatever.
This is the reason I''m getting my grandmother a goldfish in a plastic bowl and a pack of bubble gum cigarettes.
It will keep her out of any news story.

[susieq_13]

How crazy is this story? I''m just glad it wasn''t me!