A worker shampooing a goat to make the animal look more presentable to customers. — Okaz photoAbdulkareem Al Thyabi Okaz/Saudi GazetteTAIF — A number of illegal workers are using shampoo, soap, and hair gel in cleaning and washing sheep before selling them in the sheep market, to conceal wounds and defects, and make the animal more presentable to attract customers, in a similar fashion to cars' which are washed before they enter a showroom. ?Savvy customers avoid buying the cleaned up sheep until they make sure that they are free from wounds. Illegal workers in the livestock market collect more than SR4,000 monthly from this cleaning enterprise, which has resulted in the creation of a new trade of ‘washers' with a daily income of SR130 to SR150. ?The illegal workers on the other hand claim that their goal is only to make the sheep look presentable, and reject the idea of concealing any defects with the animal. A source at the Taif Municipality said that they are monitoring these reports, and that fines are applied on violators.
