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CNN: The ultra-rich are illegally buying cheetahs as pets and it’s leading to their extinction
Hargeisa, Somaliland (CNN)Three tiny balls of fur huddle together for warmth inside a cardboard box. The baby cheetahs are just a few weeks old,…
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Our rescued lion finds a new home
We recently had unexpected guests at our CCF safe house in Somaliland – two lion cubs. These lion cubs were destined for the illegal pet trade and were on…
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Somaliland Standard: 29 cheetah cubs rescued from wildlife smuggling trade
Twenty-nine cheetah cubs, destined to be sold as pets, have been rescued from an illegal smuggling trade in Somaliland. The orphaned cubs were confiscated in Somaliland, an area known as…
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Exciting funding news for CCF!
CCF has just received some exciting funding news! We are very proud to announce that we’ve been awarded a (just under) three-year grant from DEFRA’s Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge…
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Cheetah Conservation Fund Warns Cheetah Trafficking Crisis in Horn of Africa Reaching Epidemic Status
CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND WARNS CHEETAH TRAFFICKING CRISIS IN HORN OF AFRICA REACHING EPIDEMIC STATUS WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 4, 2019) – With 23 cubs intercepted from the illegal wildlife trade now…
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Arabian Business: How illegal UAE wildlife sales have shifted online
Patricia Tricorache CCF’s Assistant Director Strategic communications and Illegal Wildlife Trade had this to say of a recent article in the Arabian Business Magazine talking about the…
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Gulf News: Curbing the Wild Trade in the UAE
A cheetah found at a mosque near Radisson SAS Hotel in Sharjah. Image Credit: Atiq-ur-Rehman/Gulf News DUBAI: In the two years since the UAE’s law banning the ownership of…
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The National: Illegal Wildlife Trade ‘funnelled back to organised crime in the region’
Legitimate shops in Dubai found selling smuggled exotic pets on social media for tens of thousands of dirhams Like many modern markets, the pet trade has migrated from traditional shopfronts…
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The National: Syrian Breeders Supplying UAE Illegal Exotic Pet Trade
The UAE government is calling on Ukraine and Syria to help it investigate the smuggling of exotic animals into the Gulf from the two countries. International authorities have uncovered the…
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Another Cheetah Cub Confiscated in Somaliland
Another cheetah cub has been confiscated in Somaliland. Mariam, a female, is about 8 weeks’ old and had luckily…
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