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[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 98 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just wait until you hear about what they do to the women.

[–] gaael@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Or the immigrants.

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 80 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The animals were abandoned across the highway from the government-run Abu Dhabi Animal Shelter in al Falah, a residential area in Abu Dhabi. The shelter told CNN it was unaware of the incident and refused to comment further.

Uh huh. What a mystery.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 39 points 1 year ago

This just in: country contemptuous of human rights doesn’t care about animal rights either

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sadly, dumping cats and dogs in bum fuck nowhere is a thing that happens more in the Middle East than other parts of the planet.

My pup was a dog that someone dumped in Qatar. Someone was racing her, she had elbow dysplasia, so they just left her in an abandoned fishing village to die.

[–] bobman@unilem.org 1 points 1 year ago

Man. The things people do for money.

[–] supercriticalcheese@feddit.it 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

John Wick origin story material, here.

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 13 points 1 year ago

Why the cats were returned to the original owners if the shelter disposed of them like it was trash? Maybe even worse than trash, as you just don't throw the trash in the desert but you accurately deposit it in special land area

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 9 points 1 year ago

Jesus, in the heat too. Poor creatures :(

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Garbage humans doing garbage things. Surprise surprise.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 8 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


A group of United Arab Emirates residents has found more than 140 cats dumped in a desert lot in the capital Abu Dhabi, in a phenomenon that has drawn criticism from international animal rights organizations and prompted a government investigation.

Cats of all breeds, including non-native varieties like Persians, were left to die trapped in their carriers or have been wandering the desert without food, shelter or water, according to Chiku Shergill, an Abu Dhabi resident who took part in the rescue.

The animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is offering a $5,000 reward for information on “whoever dumped these cats in the desert,” PETA Asia Vice-President Jason Baker told CNN in a statement.

“This act of cruelty must not be swept under the rug … The solution to the homeless-animal crisis is spaying and neutering and adopting from overworked and understaffed shelters, which PETA Asia has been asking the UAE to require for years,” Baker said.

Dr. Katherine Polak, Humane Society International vice president of companion animals told CNN she was pleased to see the authorities taking the matter seriously.

Ten pet cats from Dubai, an hour’s drive from Abu Dhabi, were identified by microchips and returned to their homes.


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[–] HeathenPope@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Garfield has been mailing kittens again.

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, poor Nermal!

Came here for this 🤣