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Child camel jockeys being replaced by robots
- Tuesday | 19th March, 2019
Esam el-Din Atiyah, president of the African Camel Racing Federation, which includes Egypt, acknowledged that child riders were sometimes injured. ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Remote-controlled robot jockeys lined up at a major camel racing festival in northeastern Egypt, as owners came under pressure from campaigns to stop using child riders. Several Gulf countries have banned child jockeys from the traditional Bedouin sport after rights groups said the youngsters were often injured and some had been abducted or sold by their families. “When a camel wins, you sell it for a good price – from 150,000 to 200,000 Egyptian pounds($8,700-$11,600),” said camel owner Mohamed Mostafa. Mohamed Mostafa, a Bedouin breeder, fixes a robot jockey on his camel before the 18th International Camel Racing festival at the Sarabium desert in Ismailia, Egypt, March 12, 2019.
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