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(09-05-2019, 11:23 AM)BorneanTiger Wrote:

(09-05-2019, 11:06 AM)Ashutosh Wrote:

(09-05-2019, 10:42 AM)BorneanTiger Wrote: My country just saved a white lion cub, 2 tiger cubs, and 2 monkeys, which were illegally kept in a house in Sharjah, from being sold online by a trafficker: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/sharjah...old-online-, https://www.thenational.ae/uae/white-lio...h-1.906321, https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/englis...-134666850, https://www.city1016.ae/news/local-news/...n-sharjah/

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@BorneanTiger, in the article you linked it says the exotic pet ownership is illegal in UAE, but I have seen countless social media posts of people owning and flaunting exotic pets as sort of a status symbol. Is it a new law? (I only ask because on a trip to Dubai, I saw a tiger’s head popping out of a hummer)

In December 2016, the UAE banned wild pets, issuing Federal Law No. 22 imposing fines and jail time on individuals found guilty of owning, buying or selling, or abusing all types of dangerous, wild and exotic animals. The move curbed the open sale of wild animals in the market. But the crackdown shifted illegal wildlife sales online, as we can see from what that guy was trying to do: https://www.arabianbusiness.com/culture-...f-wildlife

Talking about the Middle East, Saudi Arabia just arrested a man after he walked with a lion on a main road in the western coastal city of Jeddah: http://www.gdnonline.com/Details/609640/...eddah-road, https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/sa...1.66615053

"Riyadh: Saudi security authorities arrested a man after he was spotted walking with a lion on a main road in Jeddah.

His arrest came after security agencies were alerted that the man was seen with the wild animal outside a cafeteria, according to a report.

Police patrols headed to the site where the man — a Saudi national — was found keeping the lion inside his car.

The man handed the animal over to the city’s municipal authorities.

The Saudi Wildlife Commission had issued a warning against keeping wild animals as pets or trafficking in beasts in breach of the law.

It urged the public to contact security authorities and report houses or farmhouses where wild animals are being kept as they pose a threat to people’s safety, Sabq reported."

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