Thousands of cows from Gujarat being supplied to Arab countries by Adani group-viral claim is false, video is not from India.

The claim of thousands of cows being supplied to Arab countries from Adani Port in Gujarat is false. This viral video is not from India.

A video of vehicles carrying a large number of animals is being shared rapidly on social media. It is being claimed with the video that it is from Gujarat, where thousands of cows are being supplied to Arab countries by Adani Group. While sharing the video, users are targeting the BJP government.

“The caption of the viral post states, Thousands of cows are standing in trucks at Adani’s port. To go to Arab countries”. Which will be cut there…Where are the dead devotees?? Let me remind the donkeys that BJP has taken donations only from those doing beef business. Everything is a game of money”.

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Fact Check- 

We started our investigation by running a reverse image search on Google, the results led us to the viral video on the page of an Arabic Facebook user. The caption of this video is written in Arabic language, which translates to – “Preparations for Eid al-Adha”. 

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Upon further search, we found the same viral video posted on the Facebook ( archive ) account of a user named Hamed ELhagary, a meat wholesaler based in Damietta, Egypt. ELhagary shared the video on 19 April, 2024 from Ras El-Barr, Dumyat, Egypt. A deeper look at his profile revealed a series of similar videos. ELhagary captioned the video in Arabic, which translates to: “The one who sleeps on the goods and waits for them to be removed. The first 25,000 headlines.” 

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Next, we looked for more similar ports. The result gave us a port with a similar design in Iraq. In this video, the track, surrounding area and warehouse seen in the viral video can be seen. This video is from Umm Qasr port in Iraq. Where similar port like viral video is visible. 

Further in the investigation, we analysed the viral video and the videos we received. You can see a comparison below

Apart from this, when we closely observed the trucks seen in the viral video, we saw a logo in one of the trucks. 

Using this logo, we tried to know which company this truck belongs to. By searching Google, we came to know about that the logo of the truck seen in the viral video matches with the logo of Mercedes truck brand . The same truck model of “Mercedes” brand is also used in the video of the port of Umm Qasr. Which you see below

This Mercedes brand are not used for transportation in India. Apart from this, the attire of even a single person seen in the viral video does not match with the Indian attire. It is clear from the information received that the viral video is not from India. 

The viral video does not show how cows are exported from Adani port in Gujarat to Arab countries for slaughter. 

Conclusion- 

Fact Crescendo found that the claim made along with the viral video about Adani Group
supplying thousands of cows from Gujarat to Arab countries is False. The viral video is not from India.