Robots replace children as camel jockeys in UAE

[MASTERSWORDKING]

these boys are slaves.......what is fun with that?

[NWOFTW666]

Actual camel jockeys.

ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[syntyche70x7]

i'm think'n they dunna steer too good!

[Harrehz]

YEAH CAMEL RACING

[1wor1d]

Why not use adults??

[madworldbestsong]

@1wor1d like the description, kids weigh less and the camels run faster.

[zzalainzz]

@1wor1d cuz of the weight !!

[banuri]

@1wor1d its difficult to find a 3 kg adult

[naeemxhassan]

@1wor1d their weight is big problem, plus they keep them self as they want unlike the poor little innocent kids.

[kitasshit]

race cars guys

and keep kids off of camels its dangerous....

i've been on a speeding came its not fun !

[kitasshit]

this is good.....

children were jockeys before ........

[CHAUNLAY333]

camelsss

[PalestinianV]

what's the point to put children or robots on camels, i mean the jokey must be skilled to win a race, this is the most important if not it does not make sense !

[venominalVirus]

no i have heard that they put children on camel since the kids have less weight that is why the camel can run fast.

[martinrudi]

btw: strange roboz but stranger: the spectators in cars follwoing. a mobile cellular arena

[jack08hfc]

this is just sick ! :@

[mirokupurple]

Thats retared, there is no fun in the sport anymore, it is just a robot whipping a poor camel...!

[gschjetne]

Aww, come one! Watching animals being whipped is good, clean family entertainment! Not like reading a book or going to the movies.

What do you suppose the next big thing will be? Horse caning, goat smacking?

[naeemxhassan]

@gschjetne Beast is the nature of Human honey.!

[Erick726]

Those aren't robots any more than my RC car.

[milky515]

those god dam robots are taking jobs from children!!!!

[bunsomatic]

Robots will soon take over the world. I know this to be true, I just watched The Terminator. And soon the robots will become politicians!!

[naeemxhassan]

@milky515 friend do you want to see a kid riding his life for making a living, would that be good, please take some life, if they don't have this job they most probably would have a better than this in which they don't have die younger enough.

[GeniusIdiot]

What the hell kind of insane measures are these!?

[btiensvold]

wow ... this is ...

humanity is pathetic, and i dont meen the people in the video, im talking about the people commenting it.

i cant beleave people are actualy saying that "aww, now the familys arent geting the money cause their kids no longer working"

what kind of sick twisted basterds/bitches are you people? you honestly think that leting a child starv to death is werth it just so they can get money?

humanity is sick ...

[paalu84]

arabs have money but dont have a kind heart

[ahmedao]

people in this world are humans and arabs are part of them.

MONEY IS NOT EVERYTHING

[MyOtherSpace]

Robotic Camel Racing, the next extreme sport of the future! Go Camel Go!!

[mga430]

for all of you using the term "twoel head" and "sand nigger" and 'cammel jockey", please remember that Jesus Christ was from Bethlehem, Palestine. so according to your stereotype, jesus was a twoel head and a camel jockey? have some respect folks. respect others as you would want to be treated and respectd....well, atleast thats what the quran teahces us!

[bubbaismylove]

1. you keep spelling towel, and camel wrong.

2. there is always some bible thumper to ruin a good political conversation. by managing to put friggin jesus into the mix. shut up.

3. this is abusive to both the childeren and the camel [a] camels are not built to sprint [look at thier body structure compared to throughbreds and greyhounds] [b] why dont the parents find work instead of raping thier childeren of thier size by selling them to trainers/camel owners?

[Toubabnomad]

It's so easy for everyone to sit in their respective little worlds, log on to see the world in its compartments and give their 10 cents worth. The real measure of living is having to do without on a daily, weekly,monthly and yearly basis those things that are necessary for good health,that you are so desperate you sell off your children to race camels or hand your child over to a marabout to be used like Oliver Twist or you send your 13 year old daughter to school to f*** her teacher!

[HOPPERFZR]

they should tie the robot to their own back sides

[iFlag12]

The Kids are sold by their parents, and by the help of UNICEF the children were taken back to their homes and making sure they get Education, medicine facilities and food. Either by finding there real parents or placing them in shelters.

UAE have put penalties for those who are practicing this kind of camel jockeys, first payment 20,000 AED second time, banned from camel races for 1 year, 3rd time going to jail.

UAE banned this kind of practice in 2002.

[imvoiceless]

biggest lie, the kids were stolen from the streets, they are not sent back to homes, they are sold back to people in pakistan or other countries where they are now being used for begging on the streets by an organised gang, that is associated with Govnements as they give a heafty amount to Govenment.

[vuvumia]

why didn't the arabs use their own children instead of getting from the poor countries and killing them.

[nocjays]

Because they're brainwashed bloodthirsty lunatic camel jockeys.

[faisalhalim]

This is great! Having lived in Abu Dhabi, UAE, I have met many who have tried to help the poor kids. Newspapers used to report of young boys of foreign maids being stolen for camel jokeying. Also, it was known that many boys were bought from their parents in Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. Many others used to send money to their parents. The sad thing about the boys was that once they grew older, all they could do was tend camels, as they were given no other training.

[secretorganisation]

first thing unicef should do is to feed all poor children in this world

[7a7ass]

LOL...where was the US decades ago when jockeys were used bak then, why didnt they complain of child abuse...the kids were not abused nor tortured, it was fabricated by the US government, they paid people to come up with lies about torturing the kids...in order to replace the kids with American made robots, so that the UAE GOV is forced to pay the US otherwise...BYE BYE camel races

[haliburton]

UNICEF is run by the United Nations.

The robotic jockeys were invented by a swiss robotics company.

[laconic84]

why didnt you sit your own arab kids on the camels if it was so safe 7a7ass?

[Naff21]

"It helped more than a 1000 children return to there families"??!!,,, that's too bad coz these children used to work for there families living,, Now UNICEF have to find a jobs for these poor ppl..

[mryellow123]

Yeah return to poverty, not education. I don't get this at all, if I'm thinking of the right races then from what I've seen the kids are really competitive and look forward to it.

[mico2020]

what a bunch of beautiful camels

[dwyanewadeflash3]

how are these former child stars going to support their families now that they are out of a job?

[cheegum]

atleast they will stay alive and not die of starvation and falling off camels

[carsanya]

Speed crazy if you are sad because your passing tradition of toturing childeren is over.What else do you do to camels hmmmmm makes ya think(Well makes me think any way)

[uaepost]

without WHO involvment UAE would continue to abuse kids. now they abusing local adults in all fields except prostitusions or close friends to sheiks.very sham

[mhaddadi]

How many families lost a good income?

[bee3293]

well, thats good. i cant believe a parent could sell their own child, no matter how poor they are

[drftways]

children provided their poor family a good amount of money. this is sadly how they survived. i guess they are more safe in their country were they can die of hunger.

[kamadaflank]

im uae and those are not real camels their robots

[BoratKazakhstanorama]

hEllo...my name a Borat. i always think camel jocky was first step inn training for nycity cab driving degree in iran university. Hi Five.

[Husko272]

humans are stupid. This is video is a good example of my statement.

[bandolex]

and so are camels

[miner1979]

very good news indeed

[milotacsbil]

...Not a robot but a remote controlled whip!!! This requires a guy to signal the device with the walkie-talkie. A real robot would be making decisions on its own.

[nestle4gebayel]

talk about ur self ekekek

[milotacsbil]

Is it a robot (autonomous device) or just a fancy remote-controlled device?

[DJW5785]

It's obviously great that children aren't being forced to do this anymore, but you can't compare their previous lifestyle to the life of a suburban junior league hockey player in the U.S. Fighting in hockey isn't even allowed until the professional level.

[speedcrayzy]

It seems a little bit sad to see the passing of a tradition. Nevertheless, with a dearth of adult jockeys,

this is utterly necessary.

It just occurred to me that the west has used the term "camel jockey" derisively for many years.

Yet, the heritage of "Wild West" horse riding "cowboys"

is nostalgicly glorified. hmmm makes ya think (well, makes ME think anyway) :-

[nefa2ious]

many parents drag their children around to compete in extreme sports in north america. some even promote fighting, like hockey.

[DurkabaJung]

true. but kids as young as 6 do not suffer broken arms and legs from hockey fights...

[MCremers]

Hockey does not support fighting, that is why there are penalties and even game misconducts for it. The reason there is fighting in hockey, and only at the profesional level is because it is a high intensity game that requires an outlet before anything more serious such as a career ending cheap shot comes into play

[zol123bayar]

what are u talking about

[BrattyMaddy]

I really love that the UAE has stopped exploiting children in this sport. Great job UNISEF I love what you are doing!