A 60-year-old woman was killed by her pet camel after it knocked her to the ground, stomped on her head and lay on top of her. The woman’s husband discovered her body on Saturday evening in Queensland, a police spokeswoman said.
The camel, which had been hand-reared by the woman, had previously tried to smother the family’s pet goat.
The camel had been given to the woman as her 60th birthday gift by her husband and daughter, who were “devastated” by the tragedy.