One Man's Mission to Save Yemen's Ibex

One Man's Mission to Save Yemen's Ibex

Two decades ago, Abdullah Ahmed Salem Mawla al-Dawila was among many hunters in Yemen's southeastern Hadramawt province pursuing the rare Nubian ibex, an activity he would later regret and dedicate years to rectifying.  The Nubian ibex, once plentiful, was driven close to extinction by years of hunting while the nation was at war. Instead of continuing on that route, Mawla al-Dawila made a different choice: He put down his gun and transformed hi…