Amongst other things, it aims to spread the word about the amazing transport potential of the proverbial ship of the desert. Equipped with built-in antennae for direction and water, camels can faultlessly retrace their steps along any travelled path. When the animals are auctioned from the farm and taken to distant homes, they sometimes escape and come back. Their sense of direction is invaluable to smugglers who load pairs of camels with contraband and push them unaccompanied across the border into Pakistan. The camels return independently a short while later with goods from the other side.
Camels can also walk in scorching heat for two weeks without a drop to drink.
But their remarkable abilities could be lost forever. As pastoral societies disappear the camel may face extinction. Mechanical transport would increase, creating more problems in an already fragile ecology. And patients going to hospital are often asked to bring their own bandages and hypodermic needles. Surgeons operate without gloves.