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A rampaging camel from a Tennessee petting zoo attacked and killed two men Thursday afternoon, authorities reported. The Obion County Sheriff's Office announced on Friday that it received reports of a camel on the loose that was attacking people at Shirley Farms in Obion. In audio obtained by CBS News, a dispatcher can be heard reporting 'two 911 calls of people being viciously attacked by a camel.' By the time deputies arrived on the scene, they found two unconscious victims, and the camel remained on the loose. The camel was later put down 'for the safety of everyone on the...

South Africa: Man Photographs Cheetahs Attacking Wife The photos taken by a tourist from Scotland show his wife on the ground, hair flying, blood on her neck, with two cheetahs nearby (Violet D'Mello poses with a cheetah while being photographed by her husband Archibald during a visit to Kragga Kamma game reserve near Port Elizabeth, South Africa.) JOHANNESBURG — The photos taken by a tourist from Scotland show his wife on the ground, hair flying, blood on her neck, with two cheetahs nearby. The Port Elizabeth Herald reported Friday that Violet D'Mello of Aberdeen, Scotland, was attacked by cheetahs on...

SUN CITY, Fla. -- Hillsborough County officials are looking for the people responsible for stabbing and stealing pigs from the Sun City Stables. The sheriff's office reports that a 400-pound pig was stabbed dozens of times sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Another pig at the petting zoo was also attacked and two others are missing. Authorities have dusted for fingerprints around the pig pen but they are still looking for suspects. Meanwhile, the pigs are being treated for their wounds.

TV Medical Reporter needs FReeper help. This is no drill. Five young children are in Orlando are in critical condition in local hospitals with highly unusual kidney failure. Some are on emergency dialysis and ventilators. They are very ill. Some may not make it. Doctors are not sure if the cause if the kidney failure is bacterially driven, but three have e-coli infections. The condition itself, hemolytic uermic syndrome, or “HUC,” often follows infection acquired from animal fecal matter. The only connection between the five, and another child who was treated for a milder case and released, is that they...

We were both riding in the back seat of the car, on our way to a concert. We were talking back and forth about minutia, and then "J" turned to me and said. "You'll never guess who called me today.""Who," I responded."Someone from the USDA.""The USDA?" My mind started to whirl. I have always associated the U.S. Department of Agriculture with those little labels you see on milk, poultry and beef products. I knew intellectually that they encompassed a much larger role than just that, like farming and food subsidies and agricultural research and what not, but it was all...