Egyptian President Urged to Act Following Damning New Footage of Horse ‘Graveyard’ Near Pyramids
Horses and camels used for tourist rides near the pyramids of Egypt are perishing in numbers higher than ever before. Ahead of the official opening of the historic new Grand Egyptian Museum, PETA Asia sent a letter to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi alerting him to damning new footage of dead horses – used to give tourists rides through Egypt’s historic sites – piled up in a secret graveyard close to the new museum’s walls.
Watch the new video to see horses and camels forced to give rides near the pyramids dying in record numbers, with many horses severely emaciated and suffering from untreated wounds:
This new footage comes six years after PETA Asia first documented the lives of the horses and camels in Egypt. Every day, they are forced to carry tourists in the blistering heat without shade or adequate water. They are punched, kicked, whipped, and beaten into submission, and live their lives in a constant state of hunger and exhaustion.
Tourists who pay to take horse-carriage or camel rides keep these operations in business. If you’re planning to visit Egypt, don’t take one of these rides.
Please urge Egypt’s minister of tourism and antiquities to end this abuse by banning horse-drawn carriages and camel rides.
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