mentalist

The headline speaks for itself.
http://www.7daysindubai.com/Al-Ain-Z...ail/story.html

scrubbedexpat141

Al Ain Zoo are handing out flyers to ask people not to hunt endangered species.

What's worrying about that?

mentalist

I hope that is all they are doing. Knowing the UAE Royal Family's propensity to shoot anything which moves, I just had visions of shooting at their lovely animals.

The Dean

Are guns legal here? No, seriously - can Mr Average own a rifle or whatever?

Autonomy

http://www.emirates247.com/news/gove...09-04-1.474158

The Dean

Oh. My. God.

scrubbedexpat141

Ah I see what you were getting at.

Yes. That side of it is worrying. Otherwise, seems quite positive?

Norm_uk

According to the article that is all they are doing. Trying to convince the irresponsible hunters of this region to not kill endangered species.

That is commendable if it's true, and certainly not a cause of worry. Hunting endangered species is illogical and immoral regardless of one's stance on hunting.

N.

mentalist

To be perfectly honest, my computer was playing silly buggers at the time and all I could see was the headline and photo. Next time I will wait until it's working properly before writing, as only posts rather than threads can be deleted by the original poster I believe.

Casta

Those with money tend to hunt further away from home as they've got the money to lease vast tracts of land e.g. http://www.greenprophet.com/2012/08/...-hunting-deal/

shiva

google

UAE Hadza Tanzania

Casta

Exactly. The article I referenced seems to indicate they're up to it again. It's not the only country where you can get an Etisalat "Welcome to the UAE" signal on your mobile either....