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NEWS ABOUT: camels

camels stories: 5 news summaries

(Newser) - Millie Hinkle loves camel milk, and thinks the rest of America should, too. “It’s taken over my life,” she says. That’s why she’s drained her savings, cut down her day-job hours and devoted herself to opening the US’ first camel dairy, the Wall Street Journal... More »

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milk • dairy • camels • camel • Millie Hinkle • camel milk • Camel Milk USA

 Banks Seize Herds as 
 Recession Hits Mongolia 

Badly managed loans and overconfidence in cashmere have Mongolians in default

Apr 20, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Proving the recession is truly global, banks in Mongolia are threatening to foreclose on herders’ goats, sheep, and camels, the Wall Street Journal reports. Mongolians call it a financial “zud,” a local term for unusually devastating winters. Falling cashmere prices stemming from the West’s recession—the high-end... More »

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livestock • herdsman • Mongolia • camels • sheep • goats • consumer credit • financial crisis • cashmere

 On Green Menu: Roos & Camels 

Studies say beef emits greenhouse gases

Jan 5, 09 5:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Australians are being advised to save the planet by eating kangaroos and camels. A study of Australia's 1 million wild camels, descendants of camels imported as pack animals, recommends that their numbers be culled by hunting them for food, AFP reports. A separate study suggests that kangaroos be farmed... More »

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cattle • Australia • farming • beef • methane • camels • sheep • greenhouse-gas emissions • kangaroos • Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Center

 Camels Walk
 a Mile for
 Escape-Artist Giraffe 

Circus chain gang cuts loose in Amsterdam

Jul 1, 08 3:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fifteen camels, two zebras, lamas and potbellied swine went on the lam from a Dutch circus—with a giraffe masterminding their flight to freedom. The gang wandered around an Amsterdam neighborhood when the escape artist kicked a hole in the animals' cage, reports AP. They were all rounded up after... More »

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Amsterdam • camels • circus • giraffes • zebras

Mystery Illness Kills Camels

Saudi government denies contagious disease is behind it

Aug 19, 07 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - In Saudi Arabia, hundreds of camels have suddenly died for unknown reasons—232  were counted in the last four days in the Dawasir Valley, 250 miles south of Riyadh, Reuters reports. The Agriculture Ministry denies that an infectious disease is behind the deaths and blames problems with animal feed. Owners... More »

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Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • Riyadh • desert • camels • Dawasir Valley

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