JEDDAH: Camel owners in Saudi Arabia have been fined for performing cosmetic surgery on their animals to make them look more beautiful.
The owners were punished after subjecting the camels to improper lip augmentation and “injecting them with harmful substances to change their form,” the Saudi Press Agency.
The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture issued fines to five people from across the Kingdom amounting to SR67,000 ($18,000) for violating animal welfare laws.
The ministry’s Director General of the Department of Health and Veterinary Control, Dr. Ali Al-Duwairj, said the penalties also included fining a pet shop for displaying and selling sick animals in poor living conditions.
A fine was also issued to a truck driver who transports pets and birds for neglecting to take adequate measures to protect the animals.
In January, 12 camels were disqualified from the King Abdul Aziz Camel Festival after they were found to have been injected with botox.
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Camel owners fined for performing cosmetic surgery on their animals
Camel owners fined for performing cosmetic surgery on their animals
US VP says Venezuela can only sell oil if it serves US interests
- The United States controls Venezuela’s purse strings, Vance said
WASHINGTON: US Vice President JD Vance, in remarks due to air later on Wednesday, said Venezuela can only sell its oil if it serves the interests of the United States.
Vance told Fox News’ “Jesse Waters Primetime” show that the United States — which carried out strikes against the South American country and captured its president over the week — controls Venezuela’s purse strings.
“We control the energy resources, and we tell the regime, you’re allowed to sell the oil so long as you serve America’s national interest, you’re not allowed to sell it if you can’t serve America’s national interest,” Vance said.
Excerpts of the interview were released before it aired.
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