FRANCISCO S. TATAD
THE most depressing thing I ever heard after the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut off diplomatic ties with Qatar and declared a blockade on the tiny sheikhdom last June 5 was when the Saudis expelled more than 12,000 camels, 5,000 sheep and their Qatari herders, and many of the camels, each valued at $75,000, died after they closed down their border. I could not understand why the poor animals had to die.