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de Kock, M.E.
First king cheetah (_Acinonyx jubatus jubatus_) births in the UAE
2012 Wildlife Middle East (6): 8-8
Al Bustan Zoological Centre is a privately owned zoo, located in Al Maliha Village in the Sharjah Emirate, U.A.E. It started a cheetah (_Acinonyx jubatus jubatus_) breeding programme in 2004 with a CITES approved endorsement. In 2005 a small population of 17 animals, made up the breeding stock. Al Bustan Zoological Centre currently has 59 cheetahs, making this the 3rd largest cheetah breeding centre in the world according to 2009 studbook information. No less than 68 births have been recorded since the start of the breeding programme. On 29th January 2011, three cubs were born of which two were kings. On 9th February, two cubs were delivered (1 king cub) by caesarian. The cubs only survived for a few hours due to trauma and complications during birth. On 16 March 2011 a regular color split cheetah gave birth to four cubs and all were kings.
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