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1/n Story of the Day [THREAD]:
As development projects are making their way through the #Thar desert, camel herders are suffering from dwindling returns. Can protecting the desert revive the rearing of these animals too? @_Vaishnavi_R explores:
As development projects are making their way through the #Thar desert, camel herders are suffering from dwindling returns. Can protecting the desert revive the rearing of these animals too? @_Vaishnavi_R explores:
2/n #Camels have become an unpopular livelihood option for many. In the last 7 yrs, India's camel population crashed from 400,000 to 250,000 animals—a 37% decline. A 2015 state policy prohibiting slaughter & export of camels for slaughter hurt herders bad https://bit.ly/32QqQC7
3/n "The market for camel milk is limited,” says @IlseKohler, a German scientist working on pastoralism & founder of @CamelCharisma. “There aren't as many buyers to meet supply.” https://bit.ly/32QqQC7
4/n “Jaiselmer has the largest population of camels in India, and despite that, the younger generation is not interested in rearing or conserving them...This needs to change” says Sumer Singh Bhati, a camel herder https://bit.ly/32QqQC7
5/n "Protecting the camel is synonymous to protecting its habitat—large, open, #Desert areas used by villages as commons, but more recently are under the threat of being diverted for large projects" argues @_Vaishnavi_R https://bit.ly/32QqQC7
