In pictures: Big cat expert wants to help UAE's wildlife

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Big cat trainer, Rob Punton who wants to set up a project here to train captive animals. This is likely to be controversial as many people think there should be minimum contact with humans, quite apart from the safety issues. He says training improves big cat health and welfare and can assist programmes to return specimens to the wild by teaching them to hunt. (Handout photos-courtesy Rob Punton) FOR COLIN SIMPSON STORY.