
A picture taken in the Omani Arabian Oryx Sanctuary Mahmiyat al-Maha on June 30, 2007 shows the new generation of the Arabian oryx. AFP
A picture taken in the Omani Arabian Oryx Sanctuary Mahmiyat al-Maha on June 30, 2007 shows the new generation of the Arabian oryx. AFP
Operation oryx: how this endangered species was brought back from the brink
The animals went from capturing the minds of poets over 1,000 years ago to near extinction in the 1970s