Tuesday 18/Feb/2025 – 07:14 AM
The investigation authorities in the city of Hurghada decided to hand over “Cub Asad” to one of the care, deposit and care for the secretariat, pending investigations after being seized at a safari stations in the Hurghada desert.
Details of the incident
Details of the incident, when a security campaign was launched on the Safari tourism camps in the desert of Hurghada to control the environmental violations and animals offered without environmental permits and violating the environmental law, and the environmental protection police in the Red Sea, in coordination with the Red Sea reserves, managed to seize the lion cub and was seized.
The Red Sea reserves had received notifications that a number of safari stations displayed a group of wild animals, including snakes, crocodiles and black cubs, without obtaining environmental permits accredited in violation of the Law of the Environment and Wildlife, which states that these species should be confined to licensed places And equipped like zoos, where veterinary supervision and protection measures ensure the safety of animals and visitors, and that the presence of these wild animals and reptiles, which have been brought in from different environments, is a danger to the ecosystem in the Red Sea region, because some of these animals may threaten the original wildlife in The area or leads to the introduction of diseases that may harm local organisms, and such conditions require the intervention of the competent authorities to prevent the deterioration of the desert environment and the balance of the ecosystem.
It is worth noting that the punishment for these violations amounts to imprisonment, fine and confiscation of seizures.
Cubs lion seized in Hurghada
