A Western Australia woman has been hospitalised after a vicious attack from her pet alpaca.
Karen Stroebel bought Harry to live on her hobby farm, but his poor temperament was evident from the beginning, Australia's ABC reports.
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He attacked Ms Stroebel shortly after being unloaded from the float, biting her twice and pushing her over.
Harry waited ten days before attacking Ms Stroebel again while she was was working in the garden with her mother.
The aggressive alpaca jumped a fence and lashed out at Ms Stroebel when she tried to guide him back through the gate.
"He just reared up and smashed me into the ground very violently," Ms Stroebel told Australia's ABC.
"He bit me on both my arms and after I instinctively turned over, he bit me on the back of the neck and started to trample me."
Harry managed to back Ms Stroebel and her 78-year-old mother into a corner, where they resorted to defending themselves with a broom and a rake.
The pair tried to hit him and push him away for what Ms Stroebel believes was an hour and a half, but their efforts proved fruitless.
Eventually their blows made Harry bleed from his nose and the alpaca began spitting blood at the pair.
Ms Stroebel's mother has a heart condition and began to go faint due to the stress, causing Ms Stroebel to become hysterical. Her screams alerted the neighbours to the crisis.
Police quickly arrived on the scene and managed to get Harry back into his paddock. Ms Stroebel and her mother were taken to hospital.
Ms Stroebel's mother has made a full recovery, but Ms Stroebel has suffered damage to the nerves in her spine and bulged discs. She remains under heavy medication while she heals.
Harry was sent back to the farm he originally came from, but his temperament proved too much and he was euthanized.
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