Al-Marsad Newspaper: The National Wildlife Development Center has revealed the wild creatures that have finally become extinct in Saudi Arabia.
The center explained that these creatures are the Arabian lion, Arabian ostrich, cheetah and Saudi gazelle.
For his part, Hamza Al-Ghamdi, who is interested in wildlife and a spokesman for the “Rahma” Association for Animal Welfare, said: “The Saudi gazelle is extinct, and it is an independent species that bears this name, and its extinction was officially announced in 2008 AD, with little hope that the existence of the remains of the breed will be discovered by anyone.” educators or in one of the remote places, according to Al-Arabiya.
He added: ‘The cheetah, the Arabian hunter, is the fastest mammal that went extinct about fifty years ago. It is a unique type of feline, characterized by its high agility. Princes and kings trained it to hunt during their travel and assigned a specialized trainer to tame and train him, influenced by the Persian culture of the time.”
Al-Ghamdi continued, explaining, “The Arabian lion, sung by Arabian poets, went extinct in Saudi Arabia more than 100 years ago, and is similar to the Asiatic lion, but smaller in size than the rest of the where it lived.” in coral reefs and sandy areas, and found many ancient Arabian ostrich eggshells in the sands of the Empty Quarter, Nafud Desert and other places.
