The ‘Camel Kisses Camel’ farm in Wichita Falls was the scene of bloody mayhem when an angry camel dispatched two of his caretakers
Peggy McNair, 72, a former bank vice president, has owned the ‘Camel Kisses Camel’ farm near Wichita Falls, Texas where she has been raising camels for nearly 20 years.
On Saturday, a large male camel was in a pen with two female camels. Mark Mere, 53, entered the pen to break up the ice in the pen’s frozen over water trough. Apparently Mr. Mere must have interrupted a private matter between the male and his harem because the humpback got really pissed off. Mere then tried to get out of the pen and McNair attempted to close the gate. Unfortunately for both, the infuriated beast attacked them before they could get out.
When Wichita Falls sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene they found the bodies of McNair and Mere, and a still angry camel with blood on its chest and mouth. The victims appeared to have been trampled to death. With the blood on its mouth, it looks as though the camel may have chomped on one or both of the victims as well.
The deputies managed to move the angry camel to another area of the farm. Game wardens who were called to the scene decided to impose capital punishment on the beast. They put him to death sans any opportunity for appeals in his behalf.
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