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The cheetah cubs being rescued from the pet trade
Global warming and the exotic pet trade are threatening Africa’s cheetah population. David Doyle reports.
Somaliland Ministry of environment and rural development, Torrid Analytics and Veterinaries sans frontiers Czech republic (VSF-Cz) launch project on upgrading veterinary capacities in Somaliland
Somaliland Ministry of Environment and Rural Development (MOERD), Torrid Analytics and Veterinaires sans Frontieres Czech Republic (VSF-Cz) are launching a project to upgrade veterinary capacities in Debbis Biodiversity Center, located 80Km N of Hargeisa. The project set to take off from the end of May 2021 is expected to conclude by November 2021. The… Read more »
Somaliland Sentences a Leading Cheetah Trafficker to 4 Years Imprisonment
HARGEISA, Somaliland (January, 2021) – A repeated cheetah trafficker Abdirahman Yusuf Mahdi, popularly known as “Abdi Haywaan”, convicted for trafficking of cheetahs by Maroodi Jeeh Regional Court in November 2020 started his 4-year-long sentence in December of 2020, following a failure to appeal against the court’s verdict. According to the Somaliland Wildlife and Forestry Law enacted… Read more »