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The owner of the male two-hump camels told police he believed
they were stolen on Monday with two 900-pound Black Angus
steers, likely using a trailer, said Tom O'Sullivan, a detective
for the Boone County Sheriff's Department.
The tan camels are 3 years old and 9 feet tall.
"We're trying to figure out what the market is for camels, where
they might be headed and for what purpose," O'Sullivan said in a
telephone interview.
Cattle thefts are somewhat common, but camels are not usually
reported missing, and investigators are contacting livestock
organizations, O'Sullivan said. The police report does not
indicate a value on the camels or steers, he said.
Camels are not known for being gentle and cooperative animals,
which indicates that the thieves must have known what they were
doing in leading them away, O'Sullivan said.
Authorities are not disclosing the farmer's identity because he
was the victim of a crime, O'Sullivan said.
The steers are tagged, but the owner does not know if the camels
have electronic identifying tracking chips, according to
O'Sullivan. He was not sure how long the farmer has owned the
camels.
(Reporting by Kevin Murphy in Kansas City; Editing by David
Bailey and Lisa Von Ahn)
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