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Al Ain Zoo became the new home to cheetah cubs that had been smuggled into Dubai in 2010. Ten of the 15 died. Sammy Dallal / The National
Al Ain Zoo became the new home to cheetah cubs that had been smuggled into Dubai in 2010. Ten of the 15 died. Sammy Dallal / The National
UAE at the centre of global trade in smuggled cheetahs
Easiest of big cats to tame ‘creates potential for organised crime’.
Vesela Todorova
26 August, 2014