Tag Archives: animal-rights

Only in Arabia

You know that you are a Gulf Arab (or a long term resident) if a story like this doesn’t even make you stop and contemplate life for a while: Baby camel still missing after crash MYSTERY surrounds the whereabouts of a baby camel, which fled after being involved in a road accident in which two …

Government doing something about animal welfare

This morning’s Al-Wasat has some good news: كما أصدر رئيس الوزراء توجيهاته إلى وزارة شئون البلديات والزراعة والجهات الأخرى ذات العلاقة إلى تشديد الرقابة على استيراد وأماكن بيع الطيور والزواحف وذلك في ضوء شكاوى المواطنين من قيام البعض باستيراد وبيع الزواحف الخطرة أو الطيور التي لم يستكمل نموها أو الحيوانات التي تحتاج الى ظروف معينة …

Adopted!

This puppy was hanging around our house for a few days now. The last time we took our two dogs out for a walk it decided to join us from a distance but there was no way for us to approach it, it would just run away whenever we tried. It had a rope tied around its neck which looked quite tight and uncomfortable.