Dubai - The Illegal Big Cats of Instagram
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Buying illegal wild animals in Kuwait is, as one local puts it, "as easy as acquiring a cupcake." Pets have long been used as status symbols the world over, but citizens of the Gulf take the prize when it comes to keeping the most exotic, controversial species—most commonly, "big cat" cubs. International law governing Kuwait and other Gulf states forbids the import and sale of wild animals, yet the sight of supercars being driven around with a cheetah in the front seat is starting to become commonplace on Arab Instagram feeds. Although there are legal ways to bring an animal into Kuwait, paying people off along the way is easier. Lion, cheetah, and tiger cubs are in the highest demand, fetching up to $15,000 each through black market agents. More often than not, the owners have little idea how to care for these creatures, which have no history of domestication and quickly become unmanageable—even lethal—once they're fully grown. In Big Cats of the Gulf, VICE investigates the area's flourishing trade in animal trafficking and how it impacts the depleting wildcat populations of Central and East Africa. We gain exclusive access to Kuwait's biggest Instagram star of the big cat phenomenon and hear first-hand of the deadly consequences of the business—both for the animals and their owners. Watch More on VICE: An Inside Look at the Exotic Animal Trade: http://bit.ly/1LYOuzu HBO Report on the Illicit Rhino-Horn Trade: http://bit.ly/1Cqvzav Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideos Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Read our Tumblr: http://vicemag.tumblr.com Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice
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15:50 - is that not animal fur hahah?
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Do it for the gram!
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another piece of shit ho keep wild animals on lock hope you dye from 1
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BUNCH OF SAVAGEST, STEALING ANIMALS AWAY FROM AFRICA
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this is one of the better comment sections on youtube.
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Vice seems to be nothing more than a job for toffs.
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That zoo keeper is selfish because she didn't share her Big Mac
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Hes allergic to cats😂😂😂😂
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well dead JESUS CHRIST
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Lmao bitch let it out on purpose she not slick
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23:23 if you so silly to play with wild animals, you really deserve to die with them
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Just checkin in on ya.
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DAMN the ending tho. watch till the last second!!
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Europe kill all wild animals of north africa and most of africa animals now this people say that not good thing what ironic hypocrite subhuman white race ....
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with all the money they have over there, why can't they provide a better living conditions for the zoo animals, they are confined in small areas, no grass, trees, How could he kill & burn his Lions, when he said he loved them so much, lies I hope he didn't dolphin, that also would be cruel to put it in that small space.
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exterminate the sand niggers
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i really don't like this journalist she is always so vapid I think there are deeper stories that she fails to grasp.
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MY THIRD TIME WATCHING THIS
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WHO IS WATCHING IN 2017 ?
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