Several people injured when spooked camel starts bucking at Shrine Circus at PPG Paints Arena Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT OF THAT EVENT. REPORTER THIS CHAOTIC SCENE SPREAD QUICKLY ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA SUNDAY, A CAMEL DRAGGING A WOMAN AFTER IT WAS SPOOKED DURING THE SHRINE CIRCUS. THAT WOMAN SUFFERING MINOR INJURIES ALONG WITH SIX CHILDREN THAT WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. MANY IN THE CROWD STUNNED. >> IT WAS LIKE NOT EVEN REAL. >> LIKE A STAMPEDE >> IT WAS THE CRAZIEST THING, YEAH. REPORTER: PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS 4 SPOKE WITH SHRINE CIRCUS CHAIRMAN PAUL LE VY TODAY. HE WASN'T AVAILALE TO TALK ON CAMERA BUT SAYS THE CIRCUS IS INVESTIGATING AND APOLOGIZED FOR THE INCIDENT. THEY ARE NOT SAYING WHAT SCARED THE CAMEL. MULTIPLE WITNESSES TOLD US A CHILD THREW A SHOVEL. >> SOMEONE DIDN'T KEEP AN EYE ON THEIR CHILD. HE THREW A SHOVEL AT HIS FOOT, SCARED THE CAMEL AND THAT WAS THE END RESULT. REPORTER: NONE OF THE OFFICIALS MONITORING THE ANIMALS SAW THE INCIDENT AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR VIDEO THAT MATCHES THE WITNESSES' ACCOUNTS. HE SAYS IT'S LIKELY THERE WAS SOME EQUIPMENT IN THE AREA. THIS ALL COMES AS THE SHRINE CIRCUS CHALLENGES AN ORDINANCE PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL THIS YEAR THAT BANNESS CERTAIN TOOLS USED TO CONTROL ANIMALS. CIRCUS OFFICIALS SAYS IF THEY LOSE THAT CHALLENGE IT COULD SIGNAL THE END OF THE SHRINE CIRCUS IN PITTSBURGH. THIS INCIDENT ALREADY SPARKING BACKLASH FROM ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS. IN A NEW STATEMENT TODAY PETA'S EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT SAYS THIS IS FAR FROM THE FIRST TIME AN ANIMAL HAS HURT SOMEONE AT A SHRINE CIRCUS AND IT WON'T BE THE LAST AS LONG AS CAMEL'S, ELEPHANTS AND TIGERS ARE BEING BULLIED INTO PERFORMING. AS FAR AS THIS INVESTIGATION GOES, PITTSBURGH POLICE TELLING US TODAY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ACTUALLY OVERSEES ANIMAL-BASED EVENTS, INCLUDING THE CI

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