DOHA: Around
12,000 camels and
sheep have become the latest victims of the Gulf diplomatic crisis, being
forced to trek
back to
Qatar from Saudi Arabia, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Qatar has so far provided temporary shelter, as well as water and fodder, to 7,000 camels and 5,000
sheep returning from the kingdom, Qatari newspaper The Peninsula said.
On June 5, Saudi Arabia and its allies cut all diplomatic ties with
Qatar and gave its citizens a two-week deadline to leave the kingdom.
This has
forced Qatari farmers with livestock in Saudi Arabia to move their animals
back to the emirate, The Peninsula said.
Qatar is home to around 22,000 racing
camels, but the animals are also farmed for meat and milk.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt have accused
Qatar of supporting extremism, charges Doha firmly denies.
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