How animals on the brink of extinction are being saved in the Gulf – The National
- Date: 22-Jan-2022
- Source: The National
- Sector:Agriculture
- Country:Gulf
How animals on the brink of extinction are being saved in the Gulf – The National
Turn the clock back half a century and the now commonly seen Arabian oryx could hardly be found in the deserts of Abu Dhabi.
Driven to extinction in the wild by hunting, the future looked grim for an animal woven into the culture of the Arabian peninsula through poetry and paintings.
But 50 years on, the antelope with a bright white coat and magnificent ringed horns is thriving in the wild thanks to efforts spearheaded by the UAE.
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