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Somaliland centre saves cheetahs from trafficking to Gulf palaces
About 300 cheetahs are smuggled annually from East Africa to Gulf countries where prices reach up to $20,000, driving the species toward virtual extinction, experts warn.
- The Cheetah Conservation Fund sanctuary in Somaliland protects 127 rescued cheetahs, all survivors of an illegal trade transporting cubs from the Horn of Africa to the Gulf.
- Traffickers capture cheetahs in Somaliland and Ethiopia, smuggling them via Yemen to the Gulf—specifically Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates—where they serve as pets for wealthy families.
- According to Laurie Marker, founder of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, four or five cheetahs die for every one reaching its destination, while rescues often arrive 'in a horrible state, dehydrated, riddled with parasites.'
- Somaliland Agriculture Minister Abdilahi Jama Osman called the trade a 'disaster,' yet trafficking persists; animal trafficking expert Daniel Stiles told AFP he still sees 'new cheetahs popping up on Facebook accounts and posts.'
- The Cheetah Conservation Fund is developing a 1,500-hectare rewilding area where founder Laurie Marker hopes to rehabilitate younger animals and prepare them for a return to nature.
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Somaliland centre saves cheetahs from trafficking to Gulf palaces
The 127 cheetahs living in a Somaliland sanctuary were all torn away from their mothers to be kept as pets in the Gulf, survivors of a trade that threatens the very survival of the species.
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In Somaliland, a unique center welcomes dozens of felines rescued from criminal networks that destined them to become luxury pets in the Gulf. This initiative tries to counter a hemorrhage that seriously threatens the species. In the arid savannah of Somaliland, nearly one hundred and thirty cheetahs have found a haven of [...] L'article A sanctuary for cheetahs rescued from traffic to the Emirates appeared first on Le Singulier.
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