New Delhi: The slow moving camel which is normally known as the ship of the desert will find a home in hilly North East India, not as a means of transport but for milk and meat.
Technical manager for Al Ain Dairy’s camel farm has launched Camel4Life, a group to promote the use of camels by the world’s poorer communities, and to give traditional producers an international voice. Now the group will introduce the animal in North East for livelihood means.
The group wants to support the use of camels as productive livestock that are used extensively in countries with harsh environments – this is our primary goal. One of Camel4Life’s first projects will be to introduce camels to a village in North East India.
Camels ensure life and livelihood in far and wide regions of the world. They ensure access and transportation in harsh terrains of the globe and walk for almost 40 kilometers a day, graze on scarce and scattered woody vegetation, which is otherwise wasted, and convert it to precious food items like milk and meat.
Camel milk is known for relieving his arthritis and many other medicinal values. Taking camel milk makes one healthy and strong. The group’s slogan is: “Promoting the use of the camel as a worldwide livelihood for millions of people, and a livestock species resilient to climate change”.
The camel’s abilities could, the organization said, make it vital in areas that suffer climatic disruption due to global warming. Yet, despite their value, the animals face challenges.
For example, the area given over to them for grazing in India and Pakistan is said to be falling, there has been mass killing of feral camels in Australia. The organisation also wants to promote the voices of camel herders in international forums.
