Camel Kills Two People at Petting Zoo in Tennessee

[AntonioR]

A good camel is a sitting one.


https://www.pinterest.ch/pin/724516658792512500/

[Jean-Francois]

Originally Posted by ocnjgirl

I never knew that about cattle! Hippos I know are very aggressive and vicious. I read they kill more people in Africa than lions and tigers do.

I doubt that tigers kill many in Africa, unless you climbed into their enclosure at a zoo.

[puginabug]

Originally Posted by ClaraC

Here's a photo of the camel cage, with a child interacting over a metal fence, apparently as was supposed to be the situation.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/tennessee-camel-rampage


However, in 2019, this same facility was dinged in an inspection for NOT having the required barrier in place between park goers and the camels, and additionally there was no adult employee supervising the interactions:

https://www.insideedition.com/camel-...ting-zoo-73839

That “cage” wouldn’t contain my dog, if he chose to get out. Those camels could walk thru those barriers without even thinking about it. Those barriers look like what they use to barricade the sides of the roads here during Mardi Gras parades.

[hbdwihdh378y9]

Originally Posted by ClaraC

Who would have a camel, in a petting zoo? ??

Aren't they always lambs and goats? And the occasional piglet?

They had one in Fort Worth at the petting zoo in the stockyards when my cousin visited a few years ago. It was friendly. It seemed to like being petted. In fact my cousin's husband kissed it, to be funny.

[2mares]

Originally Posted by ClaraC

Here's a photo of the camel cage, with a child interacting over a metal fence, apparently as was supposed to be the situation.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/tennessee-camel-rampage

That looks a lot like a stall in a barn with a couple farm gates, not a cage.

[ocnjgirl]

Originally Posted by 2mares

That looks a lot like a stall in a barn with a couple farm gates, not a cage.

That’s really what a camel would live in though. I never heard of keeping a camel in a cage.

[Sand&Salt]

Originally Posted by 2mares

Did you really want the news article to go into graphic detail.

here is a glimpse of what they can do.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...56&FORM=VDRVRV

Not graphic detail. Just a simple "kicked" or "trampled" or whatever.

Just like if someone said "he was killed by a horse" but not telling how.

[Sand&Salt]

Originally Posted by AntonioR

A good camel is a sitting one.


https://www.pinterest.ch/pin/724516658792512500/

Shouldn't laugh but couldn't help it....that would probably be me!

[2mares]

Originally Posted by ocnjgirl

That’s really what a camel would live in though. I never heard of keeping a camel in a cage.

In a zoo? Have you seen camel enclosures in zoos. I dont think they keep them in barn stalls behind farm gates.

[2mares]

Originally Posted by Sand&Salt

Not graphic detail. Just a simple "kicked" or "trampled" or whatever.

Just like if someone said "he was killed by a horse" but not telling how.

Stomped and bitten I believe this reporter said.



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