Emirates | Its type has not been determined .. Dubai Police warns of a loose wild cat in a residential neighborhood

ArabiaWeather - Sinan Khalaf - Dubai City Police issued a warning from a wild cat, free of charge, in one of the residential neighborhoods in Dubai, according to the government media office, without mentioning the type of wild cat.

According to the government media office, police officers are combing the springs neighborhood in the city in search of the wild cat, and there has been no news of finding him until now, while the police urged the public to contact them if the animal was spotted.

The Dubai Media Office said in a "tweet": "Dubai Police said that introducing any kind of wild animals into a public environment is strictly prohibited under the emirate's laws, and violators could face imprisonment for up to six months in addition to heavy financial penalties."

Keeping lions, leopards and tigers as pets is popular in some of the Arab Gulf states, as they are seen as a sign of wealth and status.

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A lioness roaming the streets of Tripoli, Libya, on the back of a car

Although it is illegal to keep wild animals as pets in the UAE, many Emirati men have been seen in luxury cars with lions raising them as pets.

A lion fled a house in the Al Barsha neighborhood of Dubai in 2016 before police could catch him.

In Kuwait, a man was prosecuted in 2014 after a lion he was raising as a pet escaped and attacked a Filipino maid.

(Associated Press)