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NEWS ABOUT: camel

camel stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - Australian officials are debating how to cull more than 1 million camels currently munching across the outback and irritating Aboriginals, the Independent reports. Some experts support an aerial shoot to save the desert ecosystem, but say it must be thorough; killing 80,000 would only match their birth rate. Estimated... More »

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Australia • camel • Kevin Rudd • Aboriginal

(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

(Newser) - A camel named Josh has joined the ranks of backwards-walkers and wheelbarrow-pushers to become the first of his kind to summit New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, the Union Leader reports. Josh and his support team of two handlers, two horses, and a dog took 6 hours to reach the... More »

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New Hampshire • New England • hiking • camel • summit • mountain • Mount Washington

(Newser) - The camel is many things to Saudi Arabians: companion, war machine, racing beast, and even a delicacy served in fancy restaurants. But it’s never been good old fashioned junk food… until now. A fast food restaurant in Saudi Arabia is selling baby camel burgers, Reuters reports, and the Saudis... More »

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Saudi Arabia • fast food • camel

 Dubai Sheik Pays
 $2.7M for Camel 

May have been a record; then Abu Dhabi sheik shelled out $7M for pair

Apr 9, 08 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Dubai prince broke the bank yesterday at an Abu Dhabi event billed as the world's top camel festival, spending $2.7 million on a prize-winning female. That was a record—until an Abu Dhabi sheik outdid him, shelling out $7 million for a pair of racing camels, RIA Novosti... More »

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Dubai • Abu Dhabi • United Arab Emirates • camel • Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum • Mazayin Dhafra Camel Festival

Camel Kills Owner in Apparent Mating Attempt

60-year-old woman had love for exotic animals

Aug 20, 07 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A pet camel killed its Australian owner—purportedly after trying to mate with her. The camel, 10 months old but already weighing in at about 330 pounds, knocked the 60-year-old woman to the ground and lay on top of her. “I’d say it’s probably been playing, or... More »

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pets • Australia • Queensland • sexual behavior • Brisbane • camel

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