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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20051125/D8E3HI1G0.html
His sons, 4-year-old Abraham and 2-year-old Nur, pulled the cubs' tails and dragged them around their sun-parched yard by ropes tied tightly to their necks. Other children followed, poking and teasing the frightened cats.
Mohamed, 43, said he bought the cubs from poachers and he does not know what happened to the mother. The poachers had kicked the female cub in the face, blinding the animal, he said. "Unless these cubs are properly looked after and cared for they will soon die," said Befekadu of the Environmental Protection Agency.
And the picture of the cubs is just heartbreaking!
His sons, 4-year-old Abraham and 2-year-old Nur, pulled the cubs' tails and dragged them around their sun-parched yard by ropes tied tightly to their necks. Other children followed, poking and teasing the frightened cats.
Mohamed, 43, said he bought the cubs from poachers and he does not know what happened to the mother. The poachers had kicked the female cub in the face, blinding the animal, he said. "Unless these cubs are properly looked after and cared for they will soon die," said Befekadu of the Environmental Protection Agency.
And the picture of the cubs is just heartbreaking!