camel ride when I weigh 15stone

I had a lovely cuddle with Patricia in Fuerteventura. Didn't ride her. Stroked her cheeks and her neck for about 15 mins as they'd just brought her down. Meant the world to me and Patricia really liked it too. Just snuggling her head in to me.
Owners laughing saying she spit on you. Nope nothing like that, just a bit of love.

Our usual destination say 15st would be too heavy and that they have scales!

If it's camel rides in Egypt you're talking about please DO NOT consider it. The poor creatures are very badly treated, as are the horses.

I agree. Why anyone, regardless of weight, would choose to ride an animal who is being cruelly exploited beats me. Just why?

YANBU to be cautious. Don't forget its not just you; the animal might have to carry multiple riders in one day. If one person is too heavy and the animal is tired it will still be expected to carry on working.

Yes, you're too heavy.

Also, it's a horrible industry so please don't perpetuate it.

Please don't.

Surely that’s completely different, dolphins are wild animals. Camels have been used by humans for transportation for thousands of years, the breeds used in this manner are domesticated and couldn’t be found in the wild, like horses. In much of the world they are used in the same way horses are used in Europe, to pull carts or carry people over long distances. Riding a camel is like riding a horse, not like swimming with a dolphin. Obviously that’s not to say it’s okay to ride a camel in a situation where the animal is badly treated, just as you shouldn’t ride a horse in those situations, but I really don’t think riding a camel can really be compared to swimming with a dolphin.

Where are you doing this camel ride OP? If it's in the Middle East as part of package I wouldn't do it. I refused when I was in Dubai as the camel was very thin and chained. Almost all of us on the tour declined to ride it out of utter disgust for lack of animal welfare.

Weight aside, these camel rides are (almost exclusively) cruel and unjustifiable. YABU to even consider supporting such a brutal practice

What a disgusting activity to even think about doing and yes, I think 15 stone is too heavy. You obviously think it is too as you are asking yourself the same question.

I'm sure there's lots of other activities you can do.

I’m pretty sure like everything it’s a mixed bag. I once went on a camel (dive safari) out in Egypt. I would say the camels seemed really well looked after they belonged to a Bedouin tribe and took us and our kit a couple of hours along the coast where the roads ran out and to our campsite by the beach. It wasn’t uncomfortable to sit on, you have to sit cross legged and not pretend your on a horse.

The camels working at the pyramids and mount Sinai seemed in much worse condition so would suggest staying away from the short (steep) tourist rides and find somewhere who looks after the animals properly.

I don’t think your weight would be a concern for a healthy camel.

I wouldn’t because I don’t agree with it. Not sure where you are going but i would be looking into the treatment and welfare of the animals first

Sorry but you are too heavy, it wouldn’t be fair on the camel. Although that’s not the main reason you shouldn’t do it - these kinds of things are very cruel practices and those who sell these ‘experiences’ are renowned for mistreating animals. I like to go to Lindos in Rhodes where there’s an acropolis ant the top of the town and locals sell donkey rides up to it as it quite hilly. The path to the Acropolis goes through the town and the donkeys pass and I want to push off every lazy prick who passes on those donkeys, they MUST see that these animals are dehydrated, have skin full of weeping sores, eye infections and are mistreated by their owners - but hey as long as they don’t have to walk up a hill ey 🙄

If people stop partaking on these practices then the mistreatment would stop.

I don't agree with animals being used like this, no matter one's weight.
It's cruel.

Mm.. and if everyone all at the same time stopped funding it, maybe that would happen (it wouldn't, they'd move to shifting rubbish or other haulage, certainly in Egypt anyway, im not talking about anywhere else) - the reality is when just a few people do this, its not just camels going hungry, its people and their children too.

But hey as long as us tourists feel better!

No you can't ride a camel. I would be so embarrassed..

I wouldn't take part in animal cruelty at any weight.

I can carry quite a bit. Doesn't mean I want to or should be forced to.

I disagree. My DH is 5ft 11, overweight and still weighs less than 15 stone.

Some do.

The camel gets sold on to someone else, or eaten, or left to forage rubbish dumps for food if its not even got enough meat on it to eat.

Most men over 5 ten going to be 15 stone

Animals should never be tourist attractions.

If you pay for the same, you are complicit in abuse.

Camels are very strong, a healthy camel can carry a load of 300lbs easily. Having said that it's true they may not be well cared for and could be overworked in tourist areas.