Ilse Köhler-Rollefson of the League for Pastoral Peoples, and Hanwant Singh Rathore of Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan, completed their yatra, or pilgrimage, through Rajasthan’s prime camel-breeding areas with a parade through the city of Bikaner on 13 February. The yatra highlighted how the decline in camel numbers is affecting people, the economy and ecology in this arid Indian state.

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