From The Jerusalem Post, August 6, 2000

A strip of desert along the Israeli-Jordanian border, the site of anti-Israeli raids in the 1960s, was the scene of a much les violent operation Friday: the rescue of an injured camel from a minefield.

The ailing female was lifted to safety when an Israeli animal rights activist climbed by ladders into the border zone surrounded by warning signs and fitted her with a belt that was attached to a crane.

"The rescue was just like in the movies, like Hollywood," said Etti Altman, spokeswoman for Let Animals Live. "We drove four hours to save this camel." The camel's owner, a Beduin living nearby in Israel, said he no longer wanted the animal since it had been seriously injured in the hoof. It was unclear if a mine had harmed the camel.

The group said it would bring the camel that had been wandering injured in the minefield for more than two weeks to a nearby veterinarian who would care for it.
(Associated Press)

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