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Three tiny balls of fur huddle together for warmth inside a cardboard box. The baby cheetahs are just a few weeks old, but they've had a traumatic start to life.A smuggler was attempting to spirit the cubs out of Somaliland, a breakaway state from Somalia, when he was caught red-handed by the authorities.The cubs, who will soon be taken to a safehouse, are the lucky ones. Some 300 young cheetahs are trafficked out of Somaliland every year -- around the same number as the entire population of adult and adolescent cheetahs in unprotected areas in the Horn of Africa, according to the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF).The trend is of "epidemic proportions," according to CCF, an organization devoted to saving cheetahs in the wild. At the current rates of trafficking, the cheetah population in the region could soon be wiped out."If you do the math, the math kind of shows that it's only going to be a matter of a couple of years [before] we are not going to have any cheetahs," said Laurie Marker, an American conservation biologist biologist and founder of CCF.Somaliland is the main transit route for cheetah-trafficking in the Horn of Africa. The animals are smuggled across Somaliland's porous border, then stowed away in cramped crates or cardboard boxes on boats and sent across the Gulf of Aden towards their final destination: the Arabian Peninsula.Status symbols for the richThere are less than 7,500 cheetahs left in the wild, according to CCF. Another 1,000 cheetahs are being held captive in private hands in Gulf countries, CCF estimated, where many are bought and sold in illegal online sales.While many of these states -- including the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia -- ban the private ownership and sale of wild animals, enforcement is lax.The overwhelming majority of these cheetahs end up in Gulf Arab mansions, where Africa's most endangered big cats are flaunted as status symbols of the ultra-rich and paraded around in social media posts, according to CCF and trafficking specialists.In one such post, a video shows a "pet" cheetah watching a National Geographic show and becoming visibly agitated when it sees one of its own on the screen. "She's fixated on her family," reads the caption. Other posts show cheetahs laying on luxury cars, being shoved into pools, getting force-fed ice cream and lollipops, and being taunted by a group of men. One cheetah is seen getting declawed; another is dying on camera.For cheetahs, a life in confinement can be deadly, if the journey doesn't kill them first. Many of the smuggled cubs arrive in the Gulf with mangled and broken legs after a rough journey. Three out of four cheetahs die during the trip, according to Marker.As the world's fastest land mammal, cheetahs need space to run and a special diet. Most Gulf owners do not know how to care for the cats, and the majority of captive cheetahs die within a year or two, experts told CNN."Those people who have cheetahs as a pet are causing the species to go extinct," said Marker.Veterinarians in Gulf countries confirm this grim picture. They spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue."(Cheetahs) do terribly in captivity," said one vet, who has treated dozens of pet cheetahs over the past five years. Many of those he cared for did not survive.The vet said he has seen cheetahs suffer from metabolic and digestive disorders because people don't know what to feed them. He's also come across cheetahs with stress-related diseases and obesity due to confinement.Captivity is "a dead-end for cheetahs," another vet said. The big cat is a delicate species, especially susceptible to feline and infectious diseases, the vet said.In a statement to CNN, the UAE's Ministry of Climate Change and Environment denied there were cheetahs in the country's private houses and said that any cheetahs in the country were in "licensed facilities." The ministry also said it routinely tracks online advertisements for the sale of endangered species, removing 800 such sites so far.But CNN has seen a number of Emirati social media posts featuring pet cheetahs in recent weeks, and veterinarians told CNN they've treated dozens of cheetahs in private captivity, though they said numbers have gone down over the last several years. One vet credited the rescues in Somaliland, tighter controls at the borders in one emirate, and more rigorous e-commerce policing for the drop.Cheetahs for saleA CCF study last year documented 1,367 cheetahs for sale on social media platforms 4538

There are a lot of myths circulating about COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Let's break the facts.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, coughing and shortness of breath. Symptoms can appear two and 14 days after exposure.Doctors draw comparisons to the flu.“Coronavirus is also interesting because it doesn't seem to be quite as infectious as common influenza,” said Dr. Shauna Gulley.Dr. Gulley with the large health system Centura Health has worked with coronavirus patients during this outbreak."Many of those people are quite well and have very minimal symptoms and do not need additional interaction with the health care system,” said Dr. Gulley. "We do believe in people that are, perhaps, older or have multiple medical problems such as diabetes or anything that makes your immune system weaker, that coronavirus may be more dangerous than influenza.”Dr. Gulley says it’s still unclear why coronavirus has been mild in children. She has advice on what people should do. "First of all, the worry about going and getting toilet paper, I don't think that should be first and foremost on anyone's list today,” said Dr. Gulley. While it’s important to be prepared, it’s important to not go overboard."We are seeing people come into our environments and take soap, masks and other supplies home to try to stockpile that in their homes,” Dr. Gulley said. "One of our hospitals actually had all of their soaps and hand sanitizers stolen last week."She also says people need to know how to use hand sanitizer."The myths around putting it on your body or on your face is where we get into trouble. Those things are not safe for people to do,” said Dr. Gulley. The CDC says people at a higher risk should avoid crowds. Dr. Gulley says it’s a good idea to keep your space."We believe that staying about six feet away from somebody with symptoms is the most protective space,” Dr. Gulley said.As the number of cases grows in the United States, public anxiety may be growing with it. So, don’t fear communicating if you’re dealing with another kind of medical issue.“If you're an allergy sufferer, I think it's important for you to talk to others about the fact that you have allergies and for them to be a little bit more assured that you're not infected. You have no fever, you have no deep cough and you have no risk factors for coronavirus,” Dr. Gulley said.If you are experiencing symptoms, call your doctor. 2494

Trucker David Bell was hauling nearly 45,000 pounds of soda in his tractor-trailer through Jefferson City, Missouri, when his smart phone sprang to life with a severe weather alert.He pulled over to the side of the road, as a tornado spread mass chaos outside. The windscreen of the truck's cab shattered. The howling winds blew part of a house underneath his trailer and trees snapped as lightning flashed around him.Agape at nature's fury around him, he wondered that Thursday night whether he'd see his family again."It definitely gave me a new outlook on life," 578

The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to implement collection of DNA from migrants who've been arrested, according the Department of Homeland Security.The move, being done in coordination with the Department of Justice, comes on the heels of months of historic high apprehension numbers on the southern border and is likely to receive pushback from immigrant advocacy groups.DHS is currently working under exceptions put in place nearly a decade ago. In 2010, then-Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano 541

Trooping guards with bearskin hats, guns blasting at the Tower of London and a spot of afternoon tea launched President Donald Trump's long-awaited state visit to the United Kingdom on Monday.The elaborate displays of hospitality did little to prevent Trump from dispatching insults over Twitter as he descended into London.It was an appropriate start to a visit laced with controversy and steeped in tradition, delivered by a fractured nation for a hard-to-please guest."I think it'll be very important," Trump predicted as he departed the White House on Sunday evening. "It certainly will be very interesting."Indeed, the dramatics began even before Air Force One had touched down at Stansted Airport outside London. As he was descending, the President tweeted an insult of London's mayor, calling Sadiq Khan a "stone cold loser" for being "foolishly 'nasty' to the visiting President of the United States."Trump and Khan have engaged in a transatlantic spat over terrorism and security, and this week Khan called Trump "one of the most egregious examples of a growing global threat" 1097