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How Your Vacation Plans Could Harm Animals at Egypt’s Pyramids


Life for Animals at the Egyptian Pyramids: Beatings, Exhaustion, and Suffering

Horses used in Egypt’s tourism industry are forced to carry tourists in scorching temperatures and are routinely whipped as they struggle to do so, even when they’re exhausted. The animals are constantly hungry and tired and are denied veterinary care for wounds and injuries.

PETA Asia investigators went behind the wall of the ticketed tourist area at the pyramids and found the corpses of horses or camels dumped in the trash every single day. On one visit, investigators found a horse who was still alive and had been left to die in agonizing pain.

Just steps away from decaying bodies, malnourished horses ate food from piles of trash.

Instead of stopping the shameful abuse, the police and government authorities brazenly cooperate with handlers to intimidate concerned visitors at the tourist sites. On one occasion, police and a representative from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities detained a park visitor who had been taking pictures at the pyramids and demanded that he delete any photos and videos of the camels and horses, falsely claiming that it’s against the law to photograph them. They then wiped and confiscated the visitor’s SD card. Meanwhile, they ignored workers violently whipping horses nearby.

Sensitive Camels Are Punched, Prodded, and Killed

How You Can Help Horses and Camels in Egypt: Take Action!

Life for Animals at the Pyramids Is No Vacation: Beatings, Exhaustion, Suffering

Urge Egyptian officials to end this cruelty and impose a ban on using horses and camels to entertain and transport visitors at the pyramids and other tourist sites.
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