“It is because of our camel we have been able to survive in this harsh desert temperatures,” said Sumer Singh Bhati, a camel herder in Samvata village in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district. Rajasthan enacted the Rajasthan Camel (Prohibition of Slaughter and Regulation of Temporary Migration or Export) Act in 2015, designating the camel as the official state animal. “The Gehlot government should allow the sale of camels outside the state,” appealed Bhati, the camel herder.