1,000-Lb. Sisters star Tammy Slaton picked up Amy's children 'after cops found mushrooms and marijuana in her car' amid camel bite at zoo

Tammy Slaton reportedly picked up her sister Amy Slaton's children after her sibling was arrested on drug and child endangerment charges at the Tennessee Safari Park zoo. 

People has reported that Tammy, 38, retrieved her two nephews, Gage Deon, four, and Glenn Allen, two, after their mother was taken into custody on Labor Day, a law enforcement source shared with the publication. 

Amy was arrested at the zoo but the source was unable to confirm if the children were picked up by their aunt at the zoo or at the Crockett County Sheriff's Office later that day.

Amy's friend Brian Scott Lovvorn was with her at the park and was also arrested. He is facing the same charges as her and they were both released from police custody on Tuesday.  

The two were 'holding hands' as they left custody and were also picked up by Amy's brother Chris, the source told People. 

People previously reported that the two children were placed in the custody of a family member following the arrest. It's not yet certain if Tammy is that relative.

The parenting situation will be investigated by the Tennessee Department of Child Services, according to People. 

Amy was reportedly bitten by a camel before her arrest. She received medical treatment at the zoo and was pictured being wheeled out of a Tennessee safari park on a stretcher.

The TV personality looked pained as she lay on the stretcher with her right forearm wrapped in a shirt. The nature of the injury is currently unknown.

Police were called to the park for the camel bite but upon arrival, they noted 'suspicious odors' coming from their vehicle, according to the deputies.   

A spokesman for the Crockett County Sheriff's Department told People responding officers discovered 'what they believed to be mushrooms' and 'what they believed to be marijuana' inside Slaton's vehicle after smelling marijuana in the car and seeing the drugs out 'in plain sight.'

Slaton and friend Lovvorn were arrested and face charges of illegal possession of schedule I, illegal possession of schedule VI and two counts of child endangerment. 

Tammy's two children were in the car when their mother was arrested but were uninjured, the Crockett County Sheriff told Us Weekly. 

Tennessee Safari Park co-owner Claude Conley, 44, denied Slaton had been bitten by a camel, telling The US Sun 'there is no bruising. She cut her arm on something, it’s not consistent with an animal bite.

'Her boyfriend or the man she was with was acting crazy, screaming and yelling and all kinds of stuff.

'He got mad that the police came out there because he just wanted the ambulance to come.'

They were booked into the Crockett County Jail on on $10,000 bond - with a representative confirming the pair were released on Tuesday. 

The representative told the publication: 'Amy’s brother Chris Combs and Hughes bonding company bonded both of them out together from Crockett County jail and they left with Chris.'

They will be arraigned on the charges on Thursday, September 5.

DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Slaton for comment. 

Slaton finalized her divorce from ex-husband Michael Halterman last year.

The couple share two children and had reportedly clashed over their appearance on the TLC reality show. 

The pair welcomed their first child, Gage Deon, in November 2020 and their second son, Glenn Allen, in July 2022.

'There was no support. There was no love. There was no kindness. There was just mental abuse,' she told People of their marriage. 'I just got tired of hiding it from people.' 

A confrontation between her, her sisters and Michael was shown on season five of the series.

'That's the day I left,' she said. 'But I was falling out of love with him before that.'

After a lengthy custody battle, the former couple decided to share parenting duties. 

Amy rose to fame starring opposite her sister Tammy Slaton on the series 1000-Lb. Sisters. The fifth season of the show premiered late last year.

The star has dropped an impressive 176 pounds ever since having weight loss surgery five years ago.

Slaton introduced fans to a new man before her divorce was finalized and was dating a Michigan man named Tony, the US Sun reports. 

By the time her divorce was finalized the couple had been together for around three months.