Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home

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Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home - Gene C - 05-15-2017 12:57 PM

What can I say, it's a slow news day here on the forum

http://www.nola.com/pets/index.ssf/2017/05/beauvior_camel_bit_woman_sue.html

With all the anti Confederate feelings now days, Sir Camelot might want to tread softly or he may be the new attraction in the cafeteria.
Tongue

http://www.visitbeauvoir.org/

RE: Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home - Thomas Kearney - 05-15-2017 04:04 PM

It's not even Wednesday and it made the news

RE: Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home - LincolnMan - 05-15-2017 08:08 PM

She "... was basically just walking across the grounds and this camel charged at her, stampeded her, and ended up biting her..."

Guess she wasn't walking a mile for a camel.

Only us old-timers might understand the comment...

RE: Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home - Eva Elisabeth - 05-16-2017 02:55 AM

Seems I'm an old-timer...(and I don't even smoke. But I love camels, especially dromedaries!).

RE: Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home - RJNorton - 05-16-2017 03:59 AM

Eva, here is a c.1949 ad for Camel cigarettes:

RE: Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home - LincolnMan - 05-16-2017 05:55 AM

Camel brand cigarettes still exist, right? I don't know because I don't smoke.

Is the camel at the Davis sight a throw-back nod to his idea of using them in the military when he was Secretary of War?

RE: Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home - Gene C - 05-16-2017 06:56 AM

(05-16-2017 05:55 AM)LincolnMan Wrote: Is the camel at the Davis sight a throw-back nod to his idea of using them in the military when he was Secretary of War?

I believe so.
Camels were also imported to Australia, where the population of certain types of Camels today is fairly high when compared to the rest of the world.

RE: Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home - RJNorton - 05-16-2017 07:53 AM

Here are a couple of articles about the animals and Beauvoir.

http://www.sunherald.com/latest-news/article50173200.html

and

http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/harrison-county/article86396477.html

RE: Camel Attack at the Jefferson Davis Home - Donna McCreary - 06-20-2017 09:28 PM

(05-16-2017 05:55 AM)LincolnMan Wrote: Camel brand cigarettes still exist, right? I don't know because I don't smoke.

Is the camel at the Davis sight a throw-back nod to his idea of using them in the military when he was Secretary of War?

Yes, the cigarettes are still manufactured. I remember my grandfather smoked Camels because they did not have a filter. I've never smoked, and the idea of an unfiltered cigarette seems rather gross.