Dubai bans selling-buying dangerous wild animals

ban comes into effect from july this year

DUBAI 16 April 2017: Selling and buying wild predatory and dangerous animals and birds, will be outlawed in Dubai from July according to Federal Law No. 22 of 2016, the Dubai Municipality announced.

The banned animals include big cats such as lions, cheetahs, panthers, tigers and leopards, as well as hyenas, crocodiles, wild dogs, predatory reptiles, eagles and vultures.

The ban aims to protect people’s lives from dangerous animals, said Zuhoor Al Sabbagh, Director of Public Health Services Department at Dubai Municipality.

Under the new ruling, all predators should be registered at the Municipality, she noted.

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Domestic Pets

Domesticated cats, dogs, rats, cows, sheep, camels, llamas, alpacas and other non-dangerous animals are not included in the ban.

The list also includes zebras, African wild asses, kiangs, giraffes, rhinoceroses, bears, weasels, aardvarks, mongooses, pronghorns, as well as wild birds such as ostriches, eagles and vultures, gulls, penguins, cassowaries, and marsupials, xenarthrans, bats, snakes, lizards, scorpions, spiders, and others.

In early January, the UAE passed a law banning the private ownership and trade of dangerous animals.

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By Angel Chan