A camel in the Brookfield zoo in Chicago with arthritic knees has been treated with acupuncture--with good results!

"The camel's chief keeper was skeptical. "When they said they were going to try acupuncture on Jewel, I thought, no way. This camel hates needles," said Mary Schollhamer. "She gets upset at the sight of a hypodermic injection needle."

But a couple days after Jewel's first half-hour treatment, Schollhamer became a believer. As she arrived for work in the morning, strolling up an access road to the rear of the camel enclosure, Jewel glanced up and saw the keeper coming.

"I hadn't seen this camel run for more than two years, she'd gotten so lame," said Schollhamer. "But when she saw me that morning, she ran all the way to the fence to greet me. I was so moved, I started to cry."