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16.7.05

ROBOT - Robots have been used to race camels for the first time in Qatar

  • Camel Racing Robots


  • Robots have been used to race camels for the first time in Qatar. It follows the introduction of a new law in the Gulf state, long-sought after by human rights groups, banning the use of child jockeys. Seven robots, operating by remote control, were used in the competition at the Shahaniya race track this week, watched by hundreds of spectators, the Emirates-based newspaper Gulf News reported. This is good since, according to BBC news, several thousand boys, some as young as four, work as jockeys - many after being abducted or sold by their families. The boys are kept in terrible prison-like conditions where they are deliberately ly underfed to keep them light so the camels can run faster.

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