The two starving cheetah cubs squeak and tug at their string leashes in the white dust of Somaliland as a government vet pushes needles through the fluffy fur to drip-feed them liquid and nutrients.
Just around five months old, the baby cheetahs are dehydrated, stunted and so lacking in the calcium they would normally get from their mother's milk that they have problems walking. But at least they are alive.The cubs were rescued from a nomad in November by the government of Somaliland - which broke away from Somalia in 1991 – in partnership with Torrid Analytics, an environmental group that facilitated Reuters' access to the rescue.
Kidnapped cubs are often destined for the exotic pet trade in the Middle East but few people realise the suffering that entails. Four or five cheetah cubs die for each one that reaches the market, Dr. Laurie Marker, the head of CCF, said. Mothers are often killed.Cheetah cubs confiscated from a Somali nomad, who snatched them from their mother, are handled by a Yassin Abdullahi at a private farm outside Harirad, in northern Somalia's semi-autonomous Somaliland region, November 7, 2021.
"If a predator eats their livestock, they are much more angry," she said. "They will go and track the mother down, where the cubs would be, and try to get money from the cubs to support the losses that they had."
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