Camels are facing difficult times??

[megrisoft]

Camels in Rajasthan are facing difficult times as their numbers are dwindling. Many camel owners are unable to afford their pet camels and most of them are being sold off resulting into a sharp decline in their overall population in the state.

Most farmers and villagers in rural Rajasthan are changing over to modern methods of transportation and are relying less on less on camels for travel. Records say that while in 1997 camels formed 6.8 per cent of the total livestock in the State, in 2003, the humped animal constituted only 1 per cent.

The statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organisation indicate that the camel population of Asia has fallen by one-fifth in the last 10 years alone. In 2004, the number of Camels dropped from 4.5 million in 1994 to 3.5 million in 2004.

[megrisoft]

The utility of the animal has decreased which has led to the decrease in its numbers. The other reason is that the government is not doing much. In countries like Israel and Africa, special development studies are being carried out to check the decline of camels. However, there are no such studies being done in India.
Attention is given to other animals in our country but nothing is being done for the camels and they are totally neglected and this is the reason for the decline in their population.

What do you say? Why population of "ship of desert" is declining? What steps our government should take to safe these "ships" ?