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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 12 > Pet sales banned in Saudi capital

Pet sales banned in Saudi capital

By McClatchy-Tribune News Service / The Bulletin
August 12, 2008

MOSCOW — Saudi Arabia’s religious police have banned selling pet cats and dogs and walking them in public places in the country’s capital Riyadh to preserve public morals, the Al-Hayat newspaper reported.

The religious police, known as the Muttawa, are charged with....

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