Talk:Camel racing

message: I'm actually writing a legal article on this subject right now, and from the immense amount of research I've done, I've actually found this report to be quite accurate.  It does read like a subjective reporting from an NGO, but  when you're dealing with a difficult issue such as this, it is quite difficult to remain objective.  There have been changes in some of these countries with the introduction of robot jockeys, but there still remain serious concerns about driving this practice underground, making it harder to detect.  If you want to find out more about the treatment of some of these children, see Camel Jockeys of Rahimyar Khan (1.5 mb).  For a nationalist view of camel races in the UAE, see Camel Racing in the Gulf.  --Shashi.k 21:39, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accuracy 

message: Certainly, this artice is simply WRONGLY titled. the article is about "CHILD ABUSE IN THE CAMEL RACING INDUSTRY". Even if the correct topic cant be expanded, this article needs to be moved or redirect to an article about the child abuse issue.
:: WHAT ABOUT "rapes in the sex traffic industry", with having a separate article on sex trafficking which shows only good stuff about "the industry"? Have you ever heard of "camel racing" which is not associated with "child abuse"? If not, then there's no such sport as "camel racing". There's just the abuse. And "camel racing" is, then, just what the article is about.
Completely agree. So much about this article is subjective and emotionally driven. It needs to be rewritten or deleted. And if it is rewritten it should then moved to something like "Child Abuse In The Camel Racing Industry." Who is up for it?--Tooiha 13:34, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: At this point, I would also like to point out the following:
#The information which was formerly contained (in this article or the Child Camel Jockey article) came largely from a sensationalized HBO "documentary" (of questionable journalistic integrity), or from the producers of this documentary ; and
#"Camel Jockey" is an ethnic slur  against Arab people.  I believe a large part of the content is racially motivated, intended to demonize the people of Qatar and the UAE by lumping an entire sport into isolated criminal activity.
I do not believe that the content in question is legitimate or encyclopedic.  I am not trying to condone child-abuse, in camel-racing industries or any other.  But, it is silly to have a separate article for it.  We could follow the trend and create a "Child abuse at McDonald's," "Child abuse in Department Stores," and "Child abuse in construction industry" - this is really unnecessary.  The correct course of action, I believe, is to redirect all "Camel Racing"-related content to the Camel racing article, and leave "Child abuse" in the Child abuse article.  Nimur 15:00, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definately needs to be moved/split 

message: Are there some references about the sentence "Camels can run at speeds up to 65 km/h (18 m/s; 40 mph) in short sprints and they can maintain a speed of 40km/h (11 m/s; 25 mph) for an hour."? --Dawuhd Arafim (talk) 10:54, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  average speed 

message: The title of the article is Camel Racing. Not about children.
The abuse of retired camels was somehow omitted.
Are both dromedaries and Bactrian camels used? If not, why not?
Are camels of both sexes used? Which are more successful? How old are they?
Betting? How much? How organised?
Myriad other factors not addressed, see horse and greyhound racing as models. AnnaComnemna (talk) 14:54, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Concur. There's almost nothing here about camel racing, but lots about child jockeys. While their story is terrible and deserves telling, I think there should be some mention made here of actual camel racing. 78.100.98.42 (talk) 08:47, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Worst artice ever? 

message: I was wondering why they didn't revert back to using regular adults as jockeys. It's not that camels can't take their load as they were used in the past in warfare.  Quick search engine results did show that the robots aren't cheap but nothing about this, so I assume it's just because how competitive the racing got. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 16:37, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reasons for not using regular adult jockeys 

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