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Animal rescue volunteer and former UAE resident Andreas Rosener with a rehomed cat. Courtesy Andreas Rosener
Animal rescue volunteer and former UAE resident Andreas Rosener with a rehomed cat. Courtesy Andreas Rosener
Air kitty: How UAE cat rescuers are rehoming hundreds of animals abroad
Street cats in the Emirates have been sent as far as the US, Germany, Switzerland, Russia and the Netherlands – at a cost of thousands a time