have no authority to walk into a pet shop and remove animals we deem to be unfit for sale, hell, any animals in pet shops are not fit for sale according to us and this is why we don't advocate visiting them. I understand your motivation Bloubul, and I would do the same thing - searching petshops for lost and stolen dogs, is always your first option...

Returning to the Baboon issue, there is a CITES office in Doha, it is near Hyatt Plaza intersection - but again, going there does very little - someone will tip off the petshops about an inspection, and when the raid is done, there will be no sign of dogs and cats, let alone baboons!

We are increasingly frustrated with the abandonment of animals laws in this county - but then again, any law in this country seems to be made to be broken, so I doubt animals laws would be strictly adhered to, even if they were in place... just take a look at the dogfighting law - ratified, but the massacres continue...

"if you don't like the heat... get out of the kitchen... but stop trying to fan the flames before you leave... it will burn you on the a** as you go through the doorway...." ME

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