A camel that lost his leg due to mutilation in the Sindh district in Sanghar last year rose for the first time on Tuesday with the help of a prosthetic leg.
The camel, now called Cammie, had its front leg allegedly cut by an owner in June 2024, as a punishment for searching in his fodder field, for which six suspects lit.
It was welcomed by the Benji Benji project for animal welfare in Karachi, where more than a year has passed.
Today, the shelter provided an update that Cammie had raised for the first time since its mutilation, along with a video that shows that it would get used to walking with its new prosthetic leg.
“A year of tears, setbacks, rehabilitation, pain and quiet perseverance has passed. A year in which they told us to give up, to continue, that they stopped delaying the inevitable. But we chose to be next to her. And today, she defended us all.”
The shelter thanked his team and followers, as well as PPP MNA Shazia Marri, PPP senator, Quratulain Marri and the Sindh government for their “unwavering support and confidence in confidence in [the team’s] Mission. ”The Sindh government had previously committed to covering the cost of treatment.
Both sisters had taken a severe warning of the camel mutilation incident. In a joint statement last year, they said that veterinary doctors sent them to CDRs, and rescue the camel was a “joint effort.”
Shazia said today that “there was no greater feeling than when months of hard work, care and consistent efforts bear fruit!” While the latter said: “Service dedicated to momentary indignation any day. You stayed so after the temporarily enraged their existence. All in the team that continue to take care of Cammie, are the superstars!”
The shelter also thanked the founder of Bionic Pets, Derrick Campana, who designed and created the personalized prosthesis to adapt to Cammie.
“We still have a long way ahead, since Cammie adapts to his prosthesis, but today it is for the celebration, for hope and all the silent victories that occur when you refuse to give up,” said the shelter.
Pakistan almost does not have an animal welfare policy or service. The most prominent law for the protection of animals, the law of prevention of cruelty towards animals (1890), which dates back to the colonial era, has a limited reach and lacks an understanding of animal welfare in the current context.
The federal government approved a law in 2018, increasing fines for animal cruelty. The maximum fine to RS100,000 increased for animal cruelty, which had remained at the RS50 level since the law was approved for the first time in 1890, for criminals for the first time. The minimum fine rose to RS10,000. There was a similar increase in fines for other crimes against animals.
However, the law is only applicable in the Federal Capital and does not extend to the rest of Pakistan. This is because animal welfare became a provincial subject after amendment 18, and the provinces must promulgate their own laws.
That has not yet happened, which results in a punishment for crimes against animals in the rest of Pakistan remains the same as under the law of 1890.
