As the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) prepares to fully open it doors on Saturday, the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is calling on the country’s president to allocate some of the museum’s revenue in support of animals giving tourist rides to the museum and surrounding historic sites in Giza.

Today, PETA Asia sent a letter to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi notifying him of PETA’s recently released