Camel sits on, kills Florida woman

MiamiHearld.com ^ | 04/24/2007

[devane617]

An owner of an exotic animal farm has died after being kicked and then sat on by a camel.

Cathie Ake and the 4-year-old camel were being filmed by a local television station on Sunday when the camel kicked her and then sat down during a break in filming. The station was doing a story on Mini-Akers Exotic Animals, the 15-acre farm Ake owned with her husband.

Cathie Ake's husband, Donnie Ake, said he would find a new home for Polo, the camel, The News Herald of Panama City reported Tuesday. He believes the 1,800-pound animal was agitated by mating season.

The couple bought the camel at an auction three weeks ago and kept him in a 50 foot by 80 foot pen.

''My wife did a lot of rescue,'' Donnie Ake said. ``She wouldn't let an animal suffer.

``We might not have food in the house, but she made sure they had something to eat.''

A reporter called 9-1-1 when Ake fell under the camel.

''To be honest with you, I don't think there's much that she could have done,'' said Gulf County Sheriff Dalton Upchurch.

A deputy and paramedics moved the camel and recovered Cathie Ake's body.

Donnie Ake said he believes his wife either suffocated or was crushed by the animal. The Akes started their exotic animal farm nearly 10 years ago.

[devane617]

Just don't know what to say, except — tough luck.

[sageb1]

Candidate for a Darwin Award?

[Slicksadick]

Soon to be seen on Youtube.

[Egon]

This is really not cool ... but my first thought was: what the heck to do you put on the insurance forms without triggering some major audit?

[Red Badger]

I guess Camels are the SUV’s of the Animal Kingdom..........

[Chena]

Oh, how awful! HUMP! (I mean, BUMP)

[CAWats]

Why does that seem funny to me?

[steveo]

the camel kicked her

Got her with the old Camel toe...

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Don’t try this at home...

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Was the camel in the country legally or not?

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

sat down during a break in filming....

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Must have been a union camel.

[alisasny]

Maybe due to the husbands quotes?

[theDentist]

I've said it before; these things'll kill ya.

[ClearCase_guy]

Joe Camel claims another victim!

[devane617]

It was certainly more exotic than the women In Ft Worth, TX last weekend who tossed her big-mac out the truck window because she was made at the order, then jumps from the truck, somehow falls under the rear wheels, while her husband slowly runs over her, and she dies...

[camle]

For the record: I have NEVER been to Florida, nor was I involved in this in any way whatsoever.

[TC Rider]

SJS?

[No Truce With Kings]

“Just don’t know what to say, except — tough luck.”

Midnight at the oasis,
Send your camel to bed.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Dromedary or Bactrian? (eg; one hump or two?) [Enquiring minds have already moved on.]

[Centurion2000]

A deputy and paramedics moved the camel and recovered Cathie Ake's body.

You mean the newscrew didn't have the stones to pick up a shovel, rock or something and beat the damn thing to death or enough to get it to move? Just let it sit there and crush her?

[Waverunner]

??? picture required to explain

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Yet another case of Middle Eastern terrorism....

[Badeye]

All camels should be registered, and all camel owners should be required to undergo a full criminal and mental health screening.....

(Just figured I’d beat Chuckie Schumer just once in my life)

[Vision]

Cathie Ake's husband widower, Donnie Ake, said he would find a new home for Polo, the camel

Way to spread some death around Donnie boy.

[windcliff]

LOL..and I shouldn’t be.

[Blackirish]

I hate when that happens.

[Enterprise]

"Why does that seem funny to me?"

Cause it was an unfiltered Camel. Those things are killers.

[toast]

Only if you want to get the thread pulled.

[camle]

"All camels should be registered, "

HEY!!!

it's diskriminashun I tellya! I'm bein presecuted-er-prostituted-er-wel--you know!!

I tellya iwas FRAMED!!!

[ecomcon]

That’s what I’m thinking as well.

[SF Republican]

Cathie Ake's husband, Donnie Ake, said he would find a new home for Polo, the camel Wow, the guys wife dies and his comment is about the camel! Last year we lost the cat for a few days, I tried to break it gently to my 5 year old daughter that he may not come back, after a moment she said, "Can we get a dog?"

[Riverman94610]

Hey,maybe he should move to San Francisco,then he could MARRY the damn camel!

[SolidWood]

It was certainly more exotic than the women In Ft Worth, TX last weekend who tossed her big-mac out the truck window because she was made at the order, then jumps from the truck, somehow falls under the rear wheels, while her husband slowly runs over her, and she dies...

What the F*?

[PBRSTREETGANG]

[camle]

"Hey,maybe he should move to San Francisco,then he could MARRY the damn camel! "

Aw MAN! I do NOT like the way this thread is shaping up. no siree. us camles are getting pretty well beat up here.

anyway, I gotsta go before somebody drops a house on me! :-)

[devane617]

I’ll look up the FR link to the story I posted. She got really upset over a drive-thru order, jumps out of the truck and is run over by the rear wheels.

[Badeye]

All camels should be registered, “
HEY!!!

it’s diskriminashun I tellya! I’m bein presecuted-er-prostituted-er-wel—you know!!

I tellya iwas FRAMED!!!

ROTFL! Sorry, but you spit in public and its disgusting.

Get a bucket, why doncha?!

[najida]

Good lord, you could bribed it with an apple, turned a hose on it, done a half dozen things to get it to move.

It wasn’t the sit that killed her, it was the time of the sit.

[kcvl]

Donnie and Cathie Ake of Wewahitchka were interviewed on April 13 by a reporter from The Star, a Freedom newspaper in Port St. Joe about their recently acquired camel named “Polo.”

Cathie Ake was still getting to know her pet camel when it killed her Sunday.

“She’d been wanting one for I don’t know how long,” said Donnie Ake, her husband. “And I finally gave in.”

Cathie was a licensed clinical social worker and ran an adoption and counseling service in Panama City called New Beginnings. She used the pets from Mini-Akers in her work with children to help get them to open up.

She carried a baby ring-tailed lemur with her most everywhere she went, and she also wanted to work Polo into her therapy. She already had started snapping pictures of him with her cell phone to show to her kids.

[albee]

"...He believes the 1,800-pound animal was agitated by mating season."

Yeah...I understand.

I get agitated around mating season also.

[devane617]

OK, here the link:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820934/posts

[reagan_fanatic]

Died under a camel. Wow.

A word to Rosie O'Donnell's girlfriend - get out now while you can!!

[devane617]

I hope there is not more to the mating season portion of the story.

[This Just In]

Exotic Animals is just another word for Wild Animals.

I have been laughing throughout this thread.

[gc4nra]

deet da dee!

[jazusamo]

You have a smart daughter. :-)

[x]

How many more must die?

[I see my hands]

To: Donnie Ake

It's so sad to lose someone. Sympathies, Donnie.

[Verloona Ti]

Last year we lost the cat for a few days, I tried to break it gently to my 5 year old daughter that he may not come back, after a moment she said, "Can we get a dog?"

This made me laugh out loud!

( I love dogs and like cats; my fiance loves cats and likes dogs. I had two little dog when we moved in together. I've been trying to convince him to go ahead and get a kitten-a ragdoll kitten; supposedly rag dolls get along OK with dogs and even have rather canine dispositions-but so far he hasn't taken me up on the sugestion.)

[albee]

"I hope there is not more to the mating season portion of the story."

Nah.....camels aren't into necrophilia.