RIYADH: The Arabian Leopard Fund and Oman’s Environment Authority on Thursday launched the region’s first mobile veterinary clinic of its kind to support the conservation of the Arabian leopard in the Omani governorate of Dhofar.
Ibrahim bin Bishan, Saudi ambassador to Oman; Abdullah Al-Amri, president of the Environment Authority of Oman; and Waleed Al-Dayel, vice chairman of the fund’s board of trustees, attended the event.
The project provides emergency veterinary care to Arabian leopards in their natural habitat, especially in the rugged mountain regions of Dhofar, one of the last remaining strongholds of this critically endangered species in the Arabian Peninsula.
The mobile clinic is equipped with state-of-the-art medical tools to function as a fully integrated unit capable of rapid field response.
It is supported by a specialized veterinary team and will also deliver training programs to build the capacity of local personnel in Dhofar in wildlife management techniques.
