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I HAVE A CAMEL IN THEM: Mongolian camels Bor and Besta are owned by the couple Oddveig and Øystein Sætereng in Finnmark. On Thursday, the roaring male camel Bor escaped. Then it went wrong. Here since 2014. Photo: Terje Mortensen, VG
The camel in heat Bor bit a man in his twenties at Akkarfjord in Finnmark.
The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon. The man was airlifted to the University Hospital in northern Norway for treatment.
It was iFinnmark who brought up the case for the first time.
– We don’t have many cases of this type here at the hospital. The man is slightly injured and we have been informed that the condition is stable. I can’t say anything about how long he stays in the hospital, says Solveig Jacobsen, UNN’s communications consultant to VG.
The camel is owned by the couple Oddveig and Øystein Sætereng, who last year became celebrities through the documentary “Camel”. The couple have Mongolian bacterial camels Bor and Bestla at their home in Akkarfjord. Last year, the camel couple became Little Will’s parents.
LIVING AND BESLA: Owner Øystein Sætereng walks with bacterial camels at Akkarfjord in Finnmark. The photo was taken in 2014. Photo: Terje Mortensen, VG
They say that what happened is very regrettable.
– We were on a shopping trip to Hammerfest and asked our neighbor to take care of the camels. Bor lives in Brunst and it’s easy to get out of the compound. When our neighbor tried to get Bor back. I instructed him on what to do and what not to do, says Oddveig Sætereng.
It was while the man was trying to bite his thigh. Then there was a rupture in the artery, says Øystein Sætereng.
The two managed to get home from Hammerfest before the ambulance helicopter arrived to pick up the wounded man and take him to Tromsø hospital.
The case has been reported to the police and the couple have been routinely questioned by the police.
– An investigation case has been opened with the police, I can confirm it. We still don’t know what the result will be. We are considering connecting the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, because it is they who will assess whether the animal is dangerous to others, and not to us, says operations manager Gunnar Øvergaard in the Finnmark police district to VG.
Bor was in heat, and then he is more protective against the rest of his flock, which is mother and daughter. Therefore, do not turn your back on him or get too close to him. This shouldn’t have happened, but we think it was very unfortunate, says Oddveig.
