Amy Slaton’s traumatic zoo experience — including her camel bite — was caught on camera for an upcoming episode of 1000-Lb. Sisters.
Us Weekly has an exclusive first look at the Tuesday, April 29, episode, where Amy, 37, was attacked while driving through the Tennessee Safari Park.
“This zoo is a family safe zoo. You just drive through,” Amy tells the cameras in the preview, noting, “You don’t get out of your cars or anything like that. You keep the kids buckled in.”
She reveals that she and boyfriend Brian Scott Lovvorn bought 12 buckets of food for the animals to feed them during the outing.
“The boys are having fun. There’s food all over the truck and it’s just a perfect day,” Amy gushes while feeding an ostrich and a llama from the passenger side of the car.
The video then shows a camel approaching her window and sticking its head in to grab food. “He leaked on me!” Amy yells after the animal spit on her leg.
As Amy leans forward to clean off, the camera pans to the other side of the car. “Ow, ow, ow!” Amy screams as the video flips back to show the camel biting her arm.
The camel appears to have a very tight grip as Amy continues to yell out in pain. “F***, the camel just bit me,” she says. “He got me good.”
Us previously confirmed that in September 2024 Amy needed a stretcher after she said she was bitten by a camel at the wildlife and safari park. Police later confirmed that a zoo employee called 911 after the incident and Amy was taken to the emergency room to tend to her injury.
After receiving medical care and being discharged by the ER, Amy and Brian were both arrested on “illegal possession of Schedule I, illegal possession of Schedule VI, and two counts of child endangerment,” according to the Crockett County Sheriff’s Department.
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According to the sheriff’s department, when officers arrived on scene for Amy’s camel bite, “Deputies were immediately overtaken by suspicious odors coming from the guest’s vehicle,” the police said in a statement shared via Facebook. Authorities presumed that the pair had mushrooms and marijuana in their possession.
Amy and Brian were released on bond the following day. Because Amy’s sons, Gage, 4, and Glenn, 2, were in the car during the arrest a Department of Children and Family Services investigation was also opened. (Amy shares her two children with ex-husband Michael Halterman.)
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In October 2024, Amy shared photos of her boys at home dressed in Halloween pajamas. Two months later, she pleaded guilty to “simple possession” in a plea deal submitted to the Crockett County courthouse in December 2024.
According to court docs obtained by Us, Amy received a suspended sentence of 11 months and 29 days to time served and therefore won’t spend any time behind bars. She had to pay a $500 fine and attend an alcohol and drug assessment. Additionally, she cannot have any contact with the Tennessee Safari Park.
Amy’s additional charges of child abuse and child endangerment were dismissed, per the filing.
1000-Lb. Sisters airs on TLC Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
