RAJASTHAN CAMEL PROJECT
THIS PROJECT WAS SET UP IN 2001 AND HAS BEEN IN DEMAND EVER SINCE
CAMELS ARE USED AS DRAUGHT ANIMALS IN RAJASTHAN AND ARE USED TO PULL CARGO ON WOODEN CARTS IN AND OUT OF THE CITY. THEY ARE ALSO USED TO PLOUGH FIELDS IN THE VILLAGES.
THE CARGO THEY TRANSPORT IS VERY VARIED.
THIS IS FODDER
THIS IS GRAIN
THIS IS WOOD
THE CARGO IS VERY HEAVY AS IS THE WOODEN CART ITSELF
THE SADDLERY IS HEAVY AND ROUGHLY DESIGNED AND OFTEN CAUSES INJURY TO THE CAMELS WITH SADDLE SORES ON THEIR BACKS.
THEY ARE STEERED AND CONTROLLED BY THEBUSE OF WOODEN NOSE PEGS WHICH TEAR AND WOUND THE CAMEL’S NOSES WE HAVE DESIGNED A PLASTIC PEG WHICH IS MUCH KINDER AND SAFER FOR THE CAMEL
THE CARTS OFTEN TRAVEL AT NIGHT ON VERY BUSY ROADS AND CANNOT BE SEEN WHICH MEANS THAT CAMEL CARTS ARE OFTEN INVOLVED IN SERIOUS ACCIDENTS , SOME OF WHICH ARE FATAL. WE APPLY REFLECTORS TO THE CARTS SO THEY CAN BE SEEN AT NIGHT
THE MOBILE CLINIC TREATS SICK CAMELS
AND PROVIDES EDUCATION TO THE OWNERS
THERE IS A CENTRE AT BASSI WHICH IS FOR CAMELS TO RECEIVE LONG TERM CARE AND REHABILITATION
AND AN ANNUAL CAMP TO PUSHKAR CAMEL FAIR