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A Park to Save the Arabian Tahr

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

David L. Harrison  and
Michael D. Gallagher
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Abstract

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There is at present no national park in any part of peninsular Arabia. The FPS therefore welcomed the chance to help Dr Harrison and Major Gallagher formulate their plans for a park in Oman to help save the Arabian tahr and also pioneer the idea of national parks in the Arab world. The FPS approached the Omani authorities, who readily agreed to allow Major Gallagher to make the preliminary survey, and the Society is also sponsoring the proposed scientific expedition in April 1975 described in this article. Michael Gallagher's photograph above was taken in the area.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 12 , Issue 5 , November 1974 , pp. 547 - 549
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1974

References

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