Photodisc/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Here’s hoping to God they don’t bolt the things in place. Camels in Iran will be now issued license plates.
The Iran Front Page reports that the number of camels in roads in Southern Iran at night often causes car accidents. So in order to cut back on the number of the animals on the road, Mohammad-Sharif Khaleqinia — who has the easy-to-remember title of secretary of the Iranian Central Task Force to Combat the Smuggling of Commodities and Currency in Sistan and Baluchestan Province — said, “We are going to give identity cards to 35,000 camels during the first phase of issuing license plates for them.”
So far, 95,000 animals have been issued license plates since late March, the beginning of the new Iranian year.
The move is also expected to reduce animal trafficking while encouraging owners to be more responsible about taking care of their animals.
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