‘Camels not on strike’: Rides at Silk Road tourist site in China resume after break as authority denies claims some animals ‘died of exhaustion’

A famous Silk Road site in China is under fire after footage showed camels used for tourist rides unable to stand and crying in pain while being dragged across the sand by staff appeared online.

The distressing footage of the camels was filmed at Mingsha Mountain in Dunhuang in Gansu province, northwestern China, and was posted online earlier this month.