The Environment Conservation Office at the Diwan of Royal Court  declared a new list of animals as endangered and added new sets of “rare” wild birds and animals to the Centre of Breeding at live organisms and fungi sanctuary in the Governorate of Al-Wusta.

The step comes in pursuance of support accorded to wildlife by His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik, as well as national efforts exerted by various parties to increase specialist research in environment fields.

Dr. Qais bin Abdullah al-Rawahi, Director of Environment Affairs and Arabia Oryx Department at the Environment Conservation Office, said that since 2013, the Environment Conservation Office has been promoting its program of rearing sand gazelles and other Arabian gazelles.

He added that, with effect from this year, the Environment Office began to diversify its stocks by adding different types of animals from the Arabia Peninsula, like the striped hyena, the genet, the mongoose, honey badger and a long list of bucks, wild sheep, ostrich and wild dogs.ONA