Ministry captures runaway baby cheetah
A patrol team from the Ministry of Environment managed to capture a baby cheetah yesterday after it escaped from a cage in a house in Al Sakhama in Al Shamal, north of Qatar.
Al Shamal Police alerted the ministry's control room about the beast on the prowl, The Peninsula reported.
The ministry handed over the cheetah to the zoo and launched an investigation to trace its owner and how the animal escaped.
In the past, several Qatar residents have raised concerns about locals' hobby of keeping wild animals as pets at home.
This hobby is not just unique to Qatar, but is also a flourishing trade in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. Plenty of photos and videos have been circulating on the Internet and shared on social media.
Qatar's Ministry of Interior warned "offenders" through Facebook in December last year and advised against keeping wild animals at home. However, it did not mention what the consequences will be for those continuing to raise these wild animals at home.
What do you think is the best way the Qatar government can deal with this dangerous hobby?
Don't fight with each other, otherwise baby cheetah will come?
@precivil Here’s my cup of care.
Oh look it’s empty.
@iamBATMAN, you just denied me the same right you granted those whom are above me, which is the right to speak. So I spoke my opinion in an open forum. Quoting YOUR words: "where ever you are you have the right to speak up".
@Gasoline, to be perfectly honest, I don't even know what you mean.
It's wrong to take these wild creatures out of thier natural habitat. One day their may be news of one these creatures attacking a child or something along those lines. It's not creatures fault it's mindset is different from humans.
@precivil I'm sad that you never be ever to know the context of joke. But I'm sure you be able to rant your views to someone who cares.
@precivil please shut up.. where ever you are you have the right to speak up and change them in a good way. If you love it or not but truth should be said. also to above people dont blame whole country, there are good people who gives values and respect to Expats.
PEACE-
Its sad to see people living and working in this country and venting their hate at every turn. If you don't like it here, why don't you just go back to your country where everything is good and just?
priorities of animals are more than the expats.. lol
obviously , not only house maid's thinking in escape !!!