There are only 200 of him left. Establish a global fund to protect the “Arabian leopard” from extinction

The Royal Commission for the Governance of Al-Ula in Saudi Arabia established the Global Fund to protect the “Arabian leopard” from extinction in the Sharaan Reserve in Al-Ula, under the direction and support of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. , Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz.

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Culture and Governor of the Royal Commission for the Governance of Al-Ula, Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al Saud, said via Twitter: With the guidance and support of the Crown Prince, the Royal Commission for Al-Ula has established the Global Fund to protect the Arabian tiger from extinction in the Sharaan Reserve in Al-Ula.

The “Arabian tiger” was included by the IUCN in the list of endangered animals in 1996, as the “Arabian leopard” is one of the most famous animals of the Arabian Peninsula.

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It is reported that the remaining number of the Arabian leopard does not exceed 200 tigers, with a 90% decrease recorded in the hejaz heights and the Sarawat mountain range, and the presence of the Arabian leopard was also monitored in the mountains of the Emirates, Oman and Yemen.

It has appeared only 4 times in Saudi Arabia over the past 25 years, as follows:

* 1992 in the Al-Fara mountains (80 km west of Medina)

* 2007, a case was recorded in Al-Namas, southern Saudi Arabia.

* 2011 in Balharith, an area of ​​the province of Mecca.

* 2014 that was recorded in the Numan area of ​​Mecca.

Despite the intense summer heat in the Arabian Peninsula, and the drought and food and water shortages it suffers, it is strange that the Arabian leopard has been able to adapt and survive its bloodline in the face of extinction until now.