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Saudis inject camels with Botox to win an attractive prize (photos)

Amman Today

publish date 2021-12-11 16:49:05

Jordan News

Organizers of the famous camel beauty contest in Saudi Arabia have disqualified 43 contestants after cracking down on Botox injections and other forms of “tampering” by breeders.

The 40-day King Abdulaziz Camel Festival, located about 100 kilometers (62 miles) northeast of the capital Riyadh, began at the beginning of December.

In its sixth year, you see breeders vying for more than $66 million in prize money, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), so the stakes are high for fraud.

Unscrupulous breeders have been accused of using a number of methods to increase the likelihood of their beauty winning, such as injecting silicone and fillers, and inflating body parts with rubber bands to improve their appearance, SPA reports.

This year, organizers dealt with 147 cases of fraud, the largest number since the festival began, and 43 contestants were disqualified.

Marzouk Al-Natto, spokesman for the festival’s legal committee, said that fines have been imposed on breeders who manipulate the appearance of camels, and the fines vary according to the violation.

For example, a fine for injecting fillers, Botox or hormones can be up to 100,000 riyals ($27,000) per camel, while braiding, clipping the tail or dying a camel results in a fine of 30,000 riyals ($8,000).

In order to detect tampering, camels are physically and clinically examined using devices such as X-ray machines and sonars.

The owners of the winning camels receive cash prizes, and the recognition means that they can sell the animals at higher prices.

Rare camels are big business in Saudi Arabia, and according to the Saudi Press Agency, an estimated 1.5 million animals are protected by their owners using microchips.

Camels are an important part of Saudi culture, and the animals are well adapted to life in deserts such as the Arabian Desert, large parts of which lie within Saudi Arabia.

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