With just 4,000 camels on display, the impact of India’s …
With just 4,000 camels on display, the impact of India’s dwindling camel population was visible in this year’s Pushkar fair, the country’s largest animal market. India’s camel population has declined from 0.4 million in 2012 to 0.25 million in 2019, a 34 per cent drop, suggests the Livestock Census. Camel breeders at the fair blamed shrinking pastoral land and increased use of vehicles in the farm sector for the population dip
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