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PETA Is Not Happy That Google Used a Camel To Get a Desert "StreetView"

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-camera-that-broke-the-camels-back dept.

First time accepted submitter flopwich writes Google used a camel-mounted camera to get a 'street view' of a stretch of desert in the United Arab Emirates. PETA's director Ingrid E. Newkirk is upset about it, saying they should have used jeeps. "These days, jeeps are in common use in the desert, as are light planes and even dune buggies, and satellite images could also easily have been taken instead," she said. "(Google) should leave camels out of its activites altogether."

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  1. Hey, wait a minute... by exploder · · Score: 5, Interesting

    When did "News for nerds, stuff that matters" disappear from the Slashdot homepage?

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