For almost a decade, Zuli was a familiar sight in the rural Sugar Hill-Montford Cove community and quickly became the talk of McDowell County. A beloved fixture in McDowell County, the single-hump Arabian camel passed away sometime before the end of January.
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The camel was one of the many pets – which also included two horses, a donkey, four dogs, two cats and an African grey parrot – that belonged to Lisa Hopkins, a home health care nurse, and Randy Silverstine, a doctor at the VA Hospital in Asheville, who had moved to McDowell County, according to a McDowell News article from 2012
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In August 2016, The McDowell News published a story about how Zuli was giving rides to people with a special saddle. Zuli was about 7 feet tall at the top of her hump with a good strong neck and legs. Owner Randy Silverstine was excited to allow his neighbor, Boyce Lawing, to ride the camel.
For almost a decade, Zuli was a familiar sight in the rural Sugar Hill-Montford Cove community and quickly became the talk of McDowell County. A beloved fixture in McDowell County, the single-hump Arabian camel passed away sometime before the end of January.
The camel was one of the many pets – which also included two horses, a donkey, four dogs, two cats and an African grey parrot – that belonged to Lisa Hopkins, a home health care nurse, and Randy Silverstine, a doctor at the VA Hospital in Asheville, who had moved to McDowell County, according to a McDowell News article from 2012
In August 2016, The McDowell News published a story about how Zuli was giving rides to people with a special saddle. Zuli was about 7 feet tall at the top of her hump with a good strong neck and legs. Owner Randy Silverstine was excited to allow his neighbor, Boyce Lawing, to ride the camel.
