"Jacquie" > wrote in message
m...
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> Ah..Ha...That is what must have happened to the camels in the AZ
> Desert...Maybe the NA had a feast...LOL. They were planted her as
> transportation for the Army in 1854...when they closed the forts they just
> left the camels behind...they disappeared
>
>

That is the origin of a law that was on the books in Arizona for many years
(may still be there, for all I know) that supposedly made it a crime to
"shoot a wild camel!"

MaryL