The video shows how the animals are beaten in a cruel manner.
They are tethered without protection from the weather conditions and killed at the slaughterhouse once they are no longer able to carry tourists.
Camels exploited by the Moroccan tourism industry are mercilessly beaten, tethered without shade and ridden until their bodies collapse, according to Jason Baker, Senior Vice President of PETA Asia. PETA urges travellers not to spend their money on these cruel and deadly practices and never to ride animals in Morocco or anywhere else.
Investigation Reveals Camel Exploitation in Morocco
The harrowing video shows camels tethered on short ropes in the middle of a fierce sandstorm and without any protection. The animals are forced to carry tourists on their backs all day long in the scorching heat. It also shows a man repeatedly striking a tethered camel with a long stick while the animal tries to dodge the blows. A ride operator told the investigators that the animals – which can live up to 40 years – are only «used» for around five years. Afterwards they are killed or sold as meat.
Animal Suffering Also Uncovered in Egypt's Tourism Industry
Earlier investigations by PETA Asia into camel and horse businesses in Egypt revealed similar images. The animals were beaten bloody and forced to carry tourists and pull carriages in intense heat without shade or water. They were discarded like rubbish or killed at the slaughterhouse when they were too old, sick or injured to be «useful» any longer. Following PETA Asia's investigations, Airbnb and many other companies have agreed to no longer advertise or sell animal rides at the Pyramids of Giza.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
