Hargeisa Camel Market in Somaliland!

Today’s video is from the "Hargeisa Camel Market" where hundreds of camels, cows, goats and sheep are sold everyday for north of $1000 USD each!

For many Somalis, the camel is a gift from the gods: a source of milk and meat, a beast of burden in the desert and -- as climate change spurs extreme weather in the Horn of Africa -- insurance in times of crisis.

An animal of haughty and cantankerous repute, in Somalia the camel is celebrated in songs and folklore, a symbol of status and prosperity, and exchanged in marriages or to settle feuds.

Camels are far outnumbered by sheep and goats, which wander Hargeisa in northern Somalia with their owner's phone numbers scrawled on their sides, should they get lost and need returning.

There are more camels in Somalia than almost anywhere else (estimated 7 million camels), and they don't just confer respect on their owners -- they fetch much higher prices in Hargeisa, Somaliland.

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