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Hundreds of Saudi camels die from mystery ailment
2007-08-19
Hundreds of camels have died in Saudi Arabia this week from a mystery ailment. The Agriculture Ministry has said 232 camels died in the space of four days in the Dawasir Valley, 400 km (250 miles) south of Riyadh. King Abdullah has promised compensation for owners, who say the real number of deaths is far higher.
Poor li'l camels. :(

Don't really care too much about the owners.
Agriculture ministry officials have denied an infectious disease caused the deaths and blamed them on animal feed supplied by food storage authorities.
It wasn't Chinese was it?
"The disease has to be limited to one place to prevent it spreading and then they have to find a serum," said camel breeder Hamad al-Harthy, who talked of hundreds of deaths. "They need to bring in help from abroad to find a solution," said trader Turki Abdelaziz.
Ouch. The Royals won't be happy to hear that sort of sentiment.
Posted by:lotp

#13  Saudi Toxicologists have preliminary data that the deceased camels had all purchased their tooth paste from the same Chinese distributor.
Posted by: Red Dawg   2007-08-19 23:16  

#12  Possible toxin, not disease.
Posted by: Pappy   2007-08-19 21:49  

#11  M Murcek, LOL. A contender for SoTD!
Posted by: BA   2007-08-19 20:00  

#10  Camel flu??? My first guess would be complications due to poor genetic security due to forced interbreeding for the sake of mass production. Too close genetic ancestry > weak or poor resistance to diseases.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-08-19 19:25  

#9  Baaaad M. Murcek, LOL!
Posted by: Red Dawg   2007-08-19 16:52  

#8  The camels are taking revenge for all human insults to their honour: Australian Woman Killed By Amorous Camel
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2007-08-19 15:31  

#7  Quick, get a damn coffee alert up!

LOL!!!
Posted by: Danking70   2007-08-19 13:07  

#6  M. Murcek

LOL!
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2007-08-19 10:09  

#5  It's why they call the camel "the ship of the desert." It's full of arab semen...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2007-08-19 09:00  

#4  Yeah, Aids or any other STD was my first guess.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2007-08-19 08:05  

#3  Yeah, Aids or any other STD was my first guess.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2007-08-19 08:05  

#2  Ahmanutjob must have done it. But I would never have guessed that camels could get AIDS by receiving oral $ex.
Posted by: gorb   2007-08-19 05:49  

#1  AIDS?
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-08-19 01:32  

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