Sunday, December 06, 2009

Ecologists Spot Rare Wild Cat in United Arab Emirates

I need to check to see if any pictures of this wild cat in the UAE have been released.

A never-seen-before wild cat has been spotted in the protected zone of Wadi Wurayah on the eastern Coast of the UAE.

Camera traps set up by the ecologists working in the mountainous area have captured an image of a rare breed of wild cat (Felis silvestris lybica) whose presence was, until now, just assumed thanks to some elusive tracks, WAM news agency quoting Gulf News daily reported yesterday.

Wadi Wurayah is a 129 sq km area that was declared UAE's first protected mountainous area in March 2009, the report added.

Source: The Economic Times


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