LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Jumping out of his FedEx truck, Cody exclaimed as a camel readied for Henderson City Hall to fight for new permitting and change elected officials’ minds about what “exotic” really means.
Nancy Rouas, owner of Petting Zoo 2U, said her two camels, Moses and Abraham, deserve a chance to stay in Henderson amid questions about the mammals’ classification and importance in the neighborhood. She is asking neighbors to learn about the issue and join her at a planning commission meeting set for Apr. 16.
In 2024, a Henderson Animal Control officer inspected the business, which has been around since 1997, and said the camels on the property are exotic, therefore not permitted.
“I’m fighting the fact that this is not an exotic animal,” Rouas said. “An exotic animal is a wild animal. That’s the type of animal, like a gorilla, giraffe, chimpanzee, that kind of thing. This is a domesticated species. They’ve been domesticated for thousands of years.”…