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A man had entered a pen holding a male and two female camels
at the farm near Wichita Falls on Saturday, KFDX said. The male
then charged the man, named as Mark Mere, 53.
The farm's owner, Peggye McNair, 72, tried to close the gate to
the pen but was also stomped, the Wichita County Sheriff's
Office told the television station.
"It appears that both victims were trampled by the camel,"
police said in a statement, according to the Times Record News
in Wichita Falls, located about 150 miles (240 km) northwest of
Dallas.
McNair, a former bank executive, had raised camels for nearly
two decades, often welcoming children at her camel ranch, the
newspaper said.
Mere entered the pen because a water trough was frozen over,
Wichita County Sheriff David Duke told KFDX. Authorities were
given permission to put down the male camel.
(Reporting by Letitia Stein in Tampa, Florida, Editing by Angus
MacSwan)
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