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SPORT & LEISURE - CAMEL RACING
 Antivenin from camels to be tested in Africa
Posted on 18/08/2010
Antivenin developed from camel antibodies will be in use in Africa within two years to treat victims of snake bites, the head of a laboratory in Dubai said yesterday.
Researchers from Britain and the Central Veterinary Research Laboratory (CVRL) in Dubai have collaborated to use camels instead of the more usual horses or sheep as incubators for a new antivenin â€" the antitoxins that counteract specific snake venoms.
Yesterday, the team released the results of the first phase of the research.
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![]() UAE team in Dhaka to close child camel jockeys' dossier
Posted on 16/06/2010
A delegation from the Ministry of Interior left Abu Dhabi yesterday for Bangladesh to follow up the file of compensation, rehabilitation and integration of former Bangladeshi child camel jockeys. The Ministry's committee in charge of the file will hold talks with Bangladeshi government officials after which they will announce the closure of the file for good.
Compensations paid by the UAE to 879 eligible former child jockeys amounted to US$ 1.5 million.
While in Dhaka, the UAE officials
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 UNICEF Goodwill envoy lauds UAE's camel jockey rehabilitation programmes
Posted on 29/04/2010
Major General Nasser Al Menhali, Acting Assistant Undersecretary of Ministry of Interior for Naturalisation, Residency and Exits Affairs, discussed today with Mohamoud Qabeel, Ambassador of Goodwill to the UNICEF, ways of enhancing joint cooperation for protection of children.
The UNICEF Goodwill messenger praised substantial efforts made by the UAE for rehabilitation of former child camel jockey and their integration into the local communities.
He said that he paid a two-day visit to
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 Camels a key part of UAE's rich heritage
Posted on 27/03/2010
The UAE is historically known for its attachment to camels which are of social and economic value in the region.
The animal is famously known as the ship of the desert because of its walk, which is much like the motion of a ship at sea. Patience is one of its most observable features and camels are generally useful animal.
Historically, camels in the UAE were a dependable source of not only transport but also food and milk.
Arabs were proud of the number of camels they possessed.
The camels
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![]() UAE embassy in London issues statement to clarify media reports of "underage" camel jockeys in the UAE
Posted on 05/03/2010
London - The UAE embassy in London issued a statement to clarify media reports of "underage" camel jockeys in the UAE.
The following is the text of the statement:
The UAE reiterates that it considers the use of underage children for commercial camel racing to be exploitative. The UAE banned the use of child jockeys in commercial camel racing in 2002 and is committed to enforcing that ban.
The ban was designed to put an end to the misuse of foreign-born children as jockeys specifically in
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![]() Pakistani Government commends UAE's support to child camel jockeys
Posted on 23/01/2010
The Government of Pakistan expressed appreciation of the support extended by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, H.H Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minster, Minister of Interior to rehabilitate and provide health care and education for children who were formerly involved in camel racing in the United Arab Emirates.
This came during a meeting
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 ‘Milky Camel’ category added to Dhafra Festival
Posted on 28/12/2009
A new category of camel has been added to one of the biggest camel beauty competitions, the Mazayina Dhafra Camel Festival, which will be open to entries from not only the Gulf but also from across the world.
In the new category, it won't be beauty that would count most, as the winner will be the camel that produces most amount of milk.
Registrations have begun for camel owners to enter their four-legged humped beauties in the festival, which will take place in the desert just beyond
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 UNICEF official hails UAE's projects for rehabilitation of child jockeys
Posted on 09/12/2009
Ms. Sigrid Kaag, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, has thanked the UAE for its human handling of the issue of child camel jockeys through its unstinted support for projects targeting welfare of those children and their families as well as their communities.
She praised UAE programmes for rehabilitating those children as ideal and pilot.
The UNICEF official made her remarks during a meeting yesterday with HH Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy
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![]() UAE produced world's first ever cloned camel
Posted on 09/12/2009
The world's first cloned camel was formally unveiled to the world yesterday at the Camel Reproduction Centre in Dubai. Injaz, translated as ‘achievement', since her birth eight months ago, on April 8, has been showing characteristics similar to that of a normal female calf and has been "eating and doing everything she should be doing".
It's a significant breakthrough because Injaz is the first ever camelid cloned in the world. The scientists at the Centre are now hoping to clone good racing
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 Abu Dhabi to launch third session of Camel Festival
Posted on 06/10/2009
The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) will launch the third session of Mazayina Dhafra Camel Festival on January 30 until February 8, 2010, in Zayed City in Al Gharbia (the Western Region). The Festival is held under the patronage of HH Gen. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
The Festival also seeks to highlight Bedouin culture, activate heritage tourism, and promote the name of Al Dhafra in Al
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 Hamdan Bin Mohammed, Ahmed Bin Mohammed open Al Marmoum camel festival
Posted on 27/08/2009
Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Chairman of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum opened the second edition of the Al Marmoum Ramadan Camel Festival 2009 on Tuesday. They watched the races held at the Al Marmoum racetrack in the outskirts of Dubai. Due to overwhelming participation and the turnout of spectators, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed ordered
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![]() Celebrating the President’s camels
Posted on 03/06/2009
The National Theatre was transformed into a desert landscape last night in homage to the achievements of the President's camels. Held under the patronage of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister, and organised by Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (Adach), the nation's first Presidential Camels Festival was a three-hour celebration of poetry, music and dance to mark the end of the camel-racing season.
Hamed Said, an Emirati poet, put on a rousing show. Then came a
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![]() UAE Environment and Water Minister issues measures on importation, exportation of camels
Posted on 12/05/2009
The entry and exit laws of the camels, have been streamlined at the border points in line with the laws and the bylaws of the livestock in the UAE, according to the decision issued by Environment and Water Minister HE Dr Rashid Ahmed bin Fahd.
As per these laws, camels will be allowed entry provided that they are free from the diseases. The department in charge can compile periodic reports and submit them to minister to add any pandemic disease after thorough assessment. Permission is sought
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![]() Interior ministry delegation visits Bangladesh to compensate camel jockeys
Posted on 06/05/2009
Dhaka - A delegation sent by the UAE Interior Ministry to compensate Bangladeshi children who participated as camel jockeys years ago in camel races has met the Minister of Interior in Bangladesh, Sahara Khatoon and presented the cheques for compensation.
The delegation headed by Lt. Col. Ibrahim Al Marzooqi held discussions with the Bangladeshi side composed of the Minister of State for home affairs Nadhim Ahmed Suhail Taj, Undersecretary of the ministry Abdussubhan, Assistant Undersecretary
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 President, VP, Rulers and Crown Princes attend annual Arab Camel Contest
Posted on 08/04/2009
President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Their Highness Rulers and Members of Supreme Council, Crown Princes and Deputy Rulers, attended in Al Wathba yesterday the closing annual ceremony of the Arab Pedigree Camel Contest.
The event is in line with the keenness of Sheikh Khalifa to preserve heritage, traditions and customs.
The race was also witnessed by a number of sheikhs,
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