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	Dubaicity: Dubai Camel Racing History
		Camel racing is supported by the highest levels of UAE society, with President Zayed owning a personal stable consisting of 14,000 camels and 9,000 workers for their upkeep.
		Camel jockeys in the past were young boys between the ages of 6 and 7, weighing approximately 20 kilograms so as not to weigh down the camel.
		Camel jockeys must carry with them government issued identification cards, which can be acquired after passing examinations by specially appointed doctors to ensure that the child is of racing age and has not been taken from a foreign country by owners claiming to be parents.
	www.dubaicity.com /sports/history.htm (655 words)

	Slave kids in killer camel-racing circuit
		A 7,000-year-old camel fossil drawing was found on an island near Abu Dhabi, capital of the seven-state confederation known as the United Arab Emirates.
		And while camels were the mode of transport long before there was oil for the nation's numerous Mercedes and Land Rovers, few racing camels actually originate in the UAE.
		Racing camels munch high-nutrition trail mix consisting of milk, dates, honey, barley and clover, sometimes spiked with vitamins.
	www.gluckman.com /camelracing.html (1922 words)

	Camel Racing in the Gulf
		Camel racing is analyzed as an activity for distributing oil wealth among the Bedu segment of the United Arab Emirates national population, as a significant component in the enterprise of statecraft and state formation, and as cultural festivals for preserving and promoting national cultural identity which appears threatened by multiple global cultural flows and dynamics.
		Racing camels, known locally as al hejin 3, are returning in large numbers, carried by trucks from near and far throughout the Gulf to the large- racetracks built nowadays near most major cities.
		They own the finest and largest number of racing camels, and as the media states, it is their vision, financial support, love, and attachment to camels, policies, guidance, and inspiration to develop the races that have given rise to the establishment of the CRA in the UAE and the phenomenon of heritage revival at large.
	www.enhg.org /resources/articles/camelrac/camelrac.htm (15543 words)

	Camel racing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Camel racing is a popular sport in the Arab States and Australia.
		Camels are often controlled by child jockeys, but allegations of human rights abuses have led to nationwide bans on underage labor in the UAE and Qatar.
		A major camel race in Australia is the Camel Cup held at Alice Springs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Camel_racing (184 words)

	Robotic camel riders are ready to race - mech-tech - 11 April 2005 - New Scientist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Camel racing is to be transformed as a spectator sport in the United Arab Emirates with robot riders taking the place of child jockeys.
		Camel racing is a lucrative sport with a long tradition among Bedouin Arabs.
		Camel races are held at specially built tracks during the winter months, between October and April.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn7251 (383 words)

	About camels and camel trekking
		A male camel is known as a "jamal" (the generic name for a camel), a female as a "naga", and a young camel as a "warh".
		Camel milk has also a number of medicinal uses; it is recommended in cases of muscular diseases, in cases of sterility and more recently camel milk and also camel urine is being studied as remedies for cancer.
		Camel races are organised in the district, often at Dissieh and at Humeima, where camels can change hands for high sums - by which I mean several thousand dinars, sometimes tens of thousands of dinars.
	www.jordanjubilee.com /outdoors/camels.htm (2740 words)

	Camel racing - Wikivex - The Free, Online, Vexillium Encyclopedia - A Wikia wiki
		Camel racing is a popular sport in Feniz and Porto Capital.
		Thus, breeding of racing camels and the sport of camel racing is widely spread in the Grand Jumurian Desert.
		In Porto Capital, camel racing is most popular in the region of the city of Oran.
	vexillium.wikia.com /wiki/Camel_racing (231 words)

	Camel Racing UAE UAEone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Racing life, for the male at least; ends at about ten, but the female may race until she is at least twenty years.
		As in all racing animals, exercise, in the form of walking and galloping, and diet are particularly important: Racing camels are usually fed on oats, bran, dates and cows milk but quantities are much reduced shortly before the race itself.
		Camel races, usually held early on Fridays or on national holidays, provide visitors with a unique opportunity to observe traditionally clad local people in harmony with their surroundings.
	www.uaeone.com /traditions/camelracing.htm (333 words)

	Welcome to MOFA web site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Camel race is an exciting sport, for which Qataris have exceptionally high regard and appreciation.
		Races continued to be held at this 16-km long track until late 1989, when the number of entries to the race increased beyond its capacity and when H.H the Emir ordered the establishment of the present camel racetrack at Al Shahaniyah.
		It is a Qatari initiative to gather the elite camel race riders in one event where the champion of champions is proclaimed, and it will be one of the most prestigious sporting events in the Gulf region and the world at large.
	english.mofa.gov.qa /details.cfm?id=75 (708 words)

	Camel Races in the Middle East - the camel jockeys are child slaves
		Camel Races in the Middle East - the camel jockeys are child slaves
		Horse and camel jockeys are chosen for their size, but it would take a little effort to find small adults to ride the camels.
		The richest horse race in the world is in Dubai, sponsors are few and, as the UAE is a Muslim country, gambling income is nil.
	www.camelraces.com (979 words)

	Camel race, camel racing uae, camel jockeys, human trafficking, camel jockeys uae, camel jockey, child jockeys, camel ...
		Camel owners are continuously encouraged by Sheikh Zayed, which includes financial incentives, prizes that include luxury cars, four-wheel-drives, mansions, yachts, cash and gold sword.
		The camels are valuable assets worth millions of dollars, instead the children are viewed as cheap and expendable.
		With camel racing heavily patronized by the UAE's oil-rich rulers, who have least respect in the legislature, thousands of small children from Indian sub continent face a bleak and dangerous future.
	www.uaeprison.com /camelkids.htm (734 words)

	Racing Camels
		Instead, check out the beauty of these magnificent camels running at full speed, notice that all 4 feet are coming off the ground as these racing camels fly through the air pushing their way towards the finish line.
		Traditionally, a racing camel was fed on dates, honey, alfalfa, milk and seeds.
		Camel races are not staged for tourists; there are few more memorable sights than a dozen camels lurching crazily at high speed across the open sands toward the finishing line
	camelphotos.com /racing_camels.html (486 words)

	Anti-Slavery International - Submissions 2005 - Trafficking and forced labour of children in the Gulf region
		The trafficking of children for use as camel jockeys is prohibited by International Labour Organization Conventions 29 and 182 and by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, all of which have been ratified by the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Sudan.
		It also specified that all camel jockeys must have proof of their age through their passports and be issued with a medical certificate by the Camel Racing Federation.
		In particular measures taken to rehabilitate and repatriate child camel jockeys must ensure that children are provided with all the psychiatric and medical care, counselling and education they require, that family tracing is carried out before repatriation, and that services are put in place to care for the child if family reunion is not possible.
	www.antislavery.org /archive/submission/submission2005-cameljockeys.htm (2584 words)

	Camel Racing
		During the course of the programme, however, the number of camels in training whittles down as some cannot endure the rigours of the training regimen, or lack mettle on the racetrack.
		Racing thoroughbreds are first put through their paces when they are about two years old, says Mubarak.
		To help build their stamina, the camels are made to run certain distances every day, which varies in proportion to their age.
	www.nizwa.net /oman/explorer/events/camelrace/camelrace.html (948 words)

	Culture Capsules: ESL Student Writing Project
		Camel racing has been a famous sport in the UAE for a long time.
		Camel racing usually is held in early morning or early afternoon on Thursdays and Fridays and on national holidays.
		Karate competitions are separated by age, rank, and weight and camel racing is also separated according to the age and weight of the rider.
	www.lclark.edu /~krauss/culturecapsulessp2001/Miyagiweb/Miyagi.html (1120 words)

	bookofjoe: Camel-Racing Robot Jockey To Replace Humans?
		Camel racing is huge in the Middle East.
		The sport's jockeys are boys, some as young as 4 years old, who are either bought from their parents or kidnapped from their home countries and taken to the Gulf to ride.
		A camel handler follows the rider and animal in a vehicle and uses a joystick on the laptop–sized remote to issue four instructions: forward, backward, sideways and whip action.
	www.bookofjoe.com /2005/04/camelracing_rob.html (504 words)

	AP Wire \| 12/06/2006 \| Qataris love their camel racing
		The races are held twice a week, but the ones going on during the Asian Games were especially important.
		The winners of a dozen or so heats qualified for an international camel race in the United Arab Emirates, one of the biggest races of the year.
		Camel racing enthusiasts see no reason why their sport shouldn't go global.
	www.twincities.com /mld/twincities/sports/other_sports/16178843.htm (688 words)

	Camel Racing, Al Ain
		Camel Racing is an ancient sport that takes place on informal desert tracks and some official tracks have also been set aside for this purpose.
		Visitors are provided with the opportunity to view the exciting races and experience the atmosphere of traditionally clad locals in tune with their surroundings.
		Camel training begins at the age of six months, while entrance for official races is permitted at the age of three years.
	www.planetware.com /al-ain/camel-racing-uae-abu-camel.htm (132 words)

	camel racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		races can be structured to fit your show or festival, whether it be one, two or three days to just a couple of hours.
		We run 6 races and the winners of those races qualify for the final race where the jockey’s (all 18 yrs or over) then draw for their camels in the last race.
		We supply the camels, saddles, 2 organizers, helmets and the new improved starting gates, which eliminate false starts.
	www.animalmania.com.au /camelracing.htm (210 words)

	Camel Cup - Alice Springs - Saturday 14 July 2007
		Camels are not as they seem: the dedicated ships of the desert destined to serve their master.
		The first Camel Race was run in 1970 in the dry Todd River Bed as a bet between two mates, Noel Fullerton and Keith Mooney-Smith, and was an added attraction at the Alice Springs Centenary Year Celebrations.
		One novelty camel race is the 'Carlton and United Midstrength Honeymoon Handicap'; the 'grooms' race the camels half way round the arena, the camels then drop down and the appropriately dressed 'brides' climb aboard and race to the finish line.
	www.camelcup.com.au (683 words)

	UAE Sports
		Sheikh Zayed’s sponsorship of the Zayed Grand Prize camel races, also held at Al Wathba racetrack to celebrate UAE National Day, is an indication of the special focus and encouragement given to the revival of heritage sports and camel-racing festivals as an occasion for the gathering of UAE citizens.
		The Camel Reproduction Center in Dubai has also pioneered breeding methods and is the instigator of a cross breeding programme which produced Rama the ‘cama’, the world's first hybrid between a camel and llama.
		Racing has already taken its place on the world stage and show jumping and endurance riding are now poised to follow its lead.
	www.uae.gov.ae /Government/sports.htm (1562 words)

	Gulfnews: Camel racing awaits return to golden era (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		All owners of racing camels were ordered to repatriate any jockey under the age of 16.
		But Kraz and his friends have not raced their camels with robot jockeys since the ban, even though they are battling the costs of maintaining farms with over 40 camels apiece.
		Walking through the camel pens, his lethargy is infectious and soon, the camels begin to shuffle in the sand with the same listlessness.
	archive.gulfnews.com /articles/05/12/05/10002546.html (972 words)

	Wired 13.11: Robots of Arabia
		Camel jockey robots, about 2 feet high, with a right hand to bear the whip and a left hand to pull the reins.
		It is the off-season and there are few people around: a handful of Sudanese farmers napping in their pickups at a crossroads, a half dozen Bedouin stable boys in long white robes and head scarves hanging around the parking lot.
		Trainers would choose whoever was handy and ready, stick him up on a saddle behind the camel's hump, and when the race started, bark orders through walkie-talkies the boys wore strapped to their chests.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/13.11/camel.html (1029 words)

	Camel race, camel racing uae, camel jockeys, human trafficking, camel jockeys uae, camel jockey, child jockeys, camel ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Broadcast on UAE television and regularly attended by ruler Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, camel races are a traditional form of entertainment for the UAE's eight Emirates.
		The Bangladeshi National Women Lawyers Association reports that as many as 7,000 boys were smuggled out of Bangladesh for use in camel races in the 1990s.
		Though the use of camel jockeys younger than 15 was banned in 1980, children as young as three or four are still often used for racing, according to a recent investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
	www.uaeprison.com /human_trafficking_in_the_uae.htm (668 words)

	AllCamels.com - Camel Resource Links: Racing
		Camel Races in the Middle East - Children are being kidnapped from poorer asian countries and enslaved as camel jockeys to entertain rich Arab sheiks.
		In its loopy way the dromedary camel is already perfect, but in recent years biologists have been competing to refine it.
		Sport - Camel racing - Camel racing is a competitive traditional sport that has spawned its own industries of camel-breeding and training.
	www.allcamels.com /links/Racing (463 words)

	Links to child labour & camel racing sites
		Daily News - Death in the desert for Pakistan's camel children.
		Camel Racing in Oman - A vist to the races.
		CNS News - Illegally trafficked children used as camel jockeys in Qatar.
	www.camelraces.com /links.htm (343 words)

	Child Camel Jockeys - Modern Day Slavery in Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE .. (Ansar Burney Trust) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Above: Former child camel jockey begs for water at a racing track in Dubai.
		After 16 years of campaigning for the rights of children and for a ban on their use as child camel jockeys in the Middle East, the Ansar Burney Trust is extremely proud to announce that the problem may finally be resolved.
		Such laws have been passed before, however for the first time in history, these laws are actually being enforced and children all across the two countries are being replaced by “robot jockeys” and taken back to their home countries.
	www.cameljockeys.org (177 words)

	Camel Racing Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This is the official homepage of Camel Racing Inc. It was once a poor concoxtion of useless information, but now it is the pinnacle of Western Civilization.
		The World will revolve around the Camel Racing League and horses will be gone forever.
		These days, camels rely on man for their preferred food of dates, grass and grains such as wheat and oats, but a working camel travelling across an area where food is scarce can easily survive on thorny scrub or whatever it can find - bones, seeds, ugly people, dried leaves, or even its owner's tent!
	hometown.aol.com /ccreb77/myhomepage (316 words)

	Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery - United Arab Emerites (UAE)
		to work as camel jockeys, the U.A.E. enacted a law banning the practice in July 2005, and all identified victims were repatriated at the government’s expense to their home countries.
		It concurs with the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations which has previously indicated to the State party that the employment of children as camel jockeys constitutes dangerous work under article 3(1) of ILO Convention no. 138, concerning the minimum age for admission to employment.
		As many as 5,000 children, some as young as two, have been kidnapped or bought from their parents in the Indian sub-continent and Africa as part of a quest by camel trainers to gain the edge over their racing rivals.
	gvnet.com /humantrafficking/UnitedArabEmirates.htm (1623 words)

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