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Woman killed by pet camel in outbac

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Woman killed by pet camel in outback Qld Sunday Aug 19 10:10 AEST

A pet camel has reportedly killed a 60-year-old woman in Queensland's outback.

Police say it's believed the camel knocked the woman to the ground, stomped on her and then lay on top of her on a cattle station at Mitchell, almost 600 kilometres west of Brisbane.

The woman's husband found her body about 6.30pm (AEST) on Saturday when he returned from feeding stock.

A police spokeswoman said the husband told them the camel had often tried to suffocate other animals on the property by sitting on them.

advertisement "The husband said the camel regularly lay on their pet goat and had almost suffocated it numerous times," said the spokeswoman, adding that the couple were camel breeders, but kept one as a pet.

It not known whether the woman had been riding the camel shortly before the tragedy.

Submitted on 08/18/2007

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James said:
Definitely Toss: No Self-Selection
We don't know if the camel went bonkers, but it is apparent that the woman didn't do anything to provoke it or acted stupidly in any other way. I'll have to write this off as an accident!


Bruce said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I don't entirely agree with James about this. If the camel had a history of this behavior then they should have known to be very careful around it. Even trained animals can turn on their keepers in an instant.


Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
If the woman and her husband knew that this was a homicidal camel, then they were nuts to keep it around, let alone try to ride it. I vote full Darwin on this one.


Graham said:
Definitely Toss: No Self-Selection
This sounds like another tragic accident BUT . . why did they keep this crazed animal?


Jorge said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
This is plainly amusing! To die of a Camel sit in?


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