Furious camel bites and tramples to death handler who ‘struck beast in the face’ at kids’ holiday camp

A FURIOUS camel bit and trampled to death a handler at a children’s holiday camp in Russia. The man, 51, was rushed to hospital in Omsk, but doctors could not save him. Video shows the moment the bactrian camel turned on its handler Reports say the watchman at Beryozka recreation centre struck the “peaceful” camel in the face after pulling strongly on its reins. The two-humped bactrian camel retaliated, biting the man several times. Horror video shows it turning on the man and trampling him in the snow. “The animal did not appreciate such treatment,” said a local report. “The man paid with his life after hitting the animal in the face. “The victim was taken to hospital, but it was not possible to save him.” Temperatures were around -9C at the time of the horror in Omsk, western Siberia. Local prosecutors are checking if the camel was legally held at the children’s camp.