ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER ON SATURDAY PET PREFERENCE UN and EU move against Islamic State UNITED NATIONS/BRUSSELS: The United Nations Security Council yesterday adopted a resolution aimed at weakening Islamists in Iraq and Syria by cutting off funding and the flow of foreign fighters and blacklisting six people, including the Islamic State spokesman. And at an emergency meet- ing in Brussels, the European Union backed the arming of Kurdish rivals. The EU also offered to take charge of Gaza’s border crossings and work to prevent illegal arms flows, insisting on a durable truce and saying a return to the status quo before the latest war “is not an option”. The EU foreign ministers said the bloc is also prepared to pre- vent arms smuggling and launch a training pro- gramme for Palestinian Authority police and customs officers to be deployed in Gaza. Tribal leaders and clerics from Iraq’s Sunni Muslim heartland who rebelled against outgo- ing premier Nouri Al-Maliki-led government are willing to join the new administration if certain conditions are met, a spokesman said. IS militants “massacred” some 80 members of Iraq’s Yazidi minority and kidnapped women in a village in the country’s north, officials said. See also pages 5 & 8 Kilimanjaro expedition to raise $1m for Gaza DOHA: Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Thani, the first Qatari to conquer Mt Everest, will lead a Qatari team of 12 youth for another challenge — climbing Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. The new adventure seeks to raise QR1m for Palestinians affected by the Israeli aggression in Gaza, Al Sharq has reported. The money will be used to rebuild and repair destroyed schools. Major fire in Industrial Area warehouse DOHA: A massive fire broke out in a ware- house in Industrial Area, Street 2, at around 6pm yesterday. A Civil Defence team rushed to the site and doused the blaze. No casualties were reported, the Ministry of Interior said on its Twitter account. This is the second huge fire in Doha THE ISSUE this month. A fire had broken out in a two- storey building near Teyseer Petrol station on Salwa Road on Friday last week. Picture on page 3 Qatari society’s increasing simply vanished from Qatari households among the new generation of Qataris to PIC: BAHER AMIN IAEA chief to visit Iran urban sophistication is causing and they are increasingly being replaced befriend tiny, fluffy Western puppies. a dramatic shift in its once by imported birds, Turkish and Shirazi Some believe raising pets has now for N-talks tomorrow cats, rabbits, turtles and fluffy European turned into a significant element of life- vibrant relationship with breed puppies. style like fashion and cars. Young Qatari VIENNA: The head of the UN atom ic watch- domesticated animals. There “Villages are fast disappearing. Old girls prefer having cats like Siamese and dog will visit Iran tomorrow, the organisa- Qatari homes had large open premises, Shirazi ones in homes. tion said, ahead of an August 25 deadline for was a time when Qatari families where domestic animals could freely move “Because of the influence of emerging Tehran to answer long-held allegations of had a large herd of goats, huge around. With Qataris moving into plush foreign culture on the Qatari society, girls efforts to develop nuclear weapons. flock of roosters, doves and villas, the culture of living with domestic have begun to raise cats at home and I In a statement yesterday, International animals has become a thing of the past. expect this practice to continue in the Atomic Energy Agency said Yukiya Amano’s camels. “The law that forbids owners from future. visit — first since November — was “part of letting their domestic animals to graze “People will start imitating other cul- efforts to advance dialogue and cooperation” in open grounds has forced a section of tures, raising animals at home,” said with Iran. atar’s growing cosmopolitan cul- Qataris to shift them to ezab (farms),” Rashid Al Kubaisi, a Qatari citizen. ture has forced families to break says a senior Qatari citizen. The growing influence of foreign culture 3 killed in Egypt clash Qaway from its age-old association Qataris do not have a culture of keeping and the fact that domesticated animals with pets and domesticated animals. dogs at home and prefer to keep them for and pets are readily available in the local CAIRO: Three people were killed as support- PAGEThere was 6 a time when Qatari fami- hunting and guarding. market are the reasons why more and ers and opponents of Egypt’s ousted Islamist lies woke up to the ‘cock-a-doodle-doo’ of But tides seem to be slightly turning. more young Qataris want to have pets at president Mohammed Mursi clashed after roosters for Fajr (early morning prayers). Influenced by Qatar’s emerging cosmopoli- their homes, says a Qatari psychologist. Friday prayers in Cairo’s western neighbour- But with the times changing, roosters have tan culture, there is an increasing trend See also page 2 hood of Faisal, security officials said, a day after five people died in sporadic violence. Five people, including a policeman, were hurt in a separate protest in north Cairo. AGENCIES Saturday 16 August 2014 • 20 Shawwal 1435 • Volume 19 • Number 6159 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 AUGUST 16, 2014 ON SATURDAY 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Home Qataris’ tastes in pets changing isiting the pet market “GCC and Qatari citizens give in Souq Waqif, one much priority to raising hunting cannot fail to notice With the citizens dogs and falcons because it is a Vthe variety of orna- part of our culture and tradi- mental birds and fish on display getting exposed tions we have inherited from along alleys lined with dozens of our grandfathers,” Rashid Al pet shops. to a multitude of Kubaisi, a Qatari, told a local As the majority of pets on sale cultures through Arabic daily. at the only souq in the city dedi- Instead of raising cats and cated to them are birds and fish, interaction with dogs at home, Al Kubaisi said one can guess the big demand he personally preferred rabbits for them, and many of the buy- expatriates, because his children liked them, ers, the traders say, are Qataris. they have begun and unlike dogs and cats they “Most of our customers are did not require much care. Qatari men because keeping to keep pets When the government started these animals at home, especially organising hunting festivals and the expensive ones, has become a that were not competitions involving salukis hobby for them,” Kader, an ani- found in Qatari and falcons, more Qataris, mal trader, told this daily. including the youth, started tak- While rabbits and turtles are homes in the ing interest in these creatures as also available in his shop, Kader they became aware of their tra- mostly sells fish, which come in past. ditions and the need to preserve various varieties. them for future generations. “Qataris prefer the more “People began to give them expensive ones, such as the foreigners and tourists in gen- (salukis and falcons) more golden arowana, which is very eral liked to buy cats and dogs importance because of festivals popular in homes. A 12-inch of different breeds, except husky and competitions organised golden arowana costs around dogs, which are very expensive. by the government, encourag- QR3,000, compared to a silver A small husky costs QR2,500 ing people to raise these kinds arowana of the same length, and the breed is mostly pre- of animals,” Al Kubaisi told Al the Qatar International Falcon which costs QR500,” he said. ferred by Qataris, he added. Raya. and Hunting Festival. Running Some Qataris are willing to Another trader, named Shaji, Mohammad Abdullah, for five years now, the festival is spend even more on this costly said expatriates also bought another Qatari, shared the organised by Qatar’s Al Gannas hobby, buying macaw parrots Syrian turtles, whose prices same view. Qataris don’t have Association. that cost between QR5,000 and range between QR100 and a tradition of keeping animals More than QR2.5m in prize QR20,000, depending on the spe- QR150. such as cats and dogs as pets, money was given away during cies, he added. A number of nationals said but rather raise the latter for the competition’s last edition, With its large size, colourful raising animals like dogs and hunting, guarding homes and to which was held in January this plumage, long tail and the abil- cats has not been a part of practice their traditional sports, year and attracted over 1,400 ity to learn to talk and perform Qatari culture because of reli- he said. participants from all over the tricks, the macaw has been gious reasons as well as their “Qatari youth still follow their region. attracting Qatari buyers to the customs and traditions. fathers’ and grandfathers’ tradi- Apart from the annual com- souq. The majority of Qataris prefer tions,” he said. petitions, the traditional sports While birds and fish are in to keep dogs for hunting and for The GCC region has a long are being popularised by organi- great demand among nationals, guarding their homes, and not tradition of sports involving sations such as the Al Gannas dogs and cats are not popular in as pets. salukis and falcons. Annual Association. their homes, traders observed. Qatari men also like keeping competitions in these sports are There is a falcon hospital and Mohammad Imam Hussein, falcons, despite their high prices held around the GCC region, one a falcon market in Souq Waqif, one of the traders, said and the cost of raising them.