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A property manager plans to install feeding stations for stray cats across its communities in Abu Dhabi.
Provis is building five “houses” with food and water for trial
several weeks.
Residents said they were pleased with the decision and hoped it would end the repeated removal of their own food bowls at the site.
“This will help tremendously. There is no worry about bowls going missing,” said Aisha Hussain, a teacher from the UK, who regularly feeds the colony of about 23 cats.
We wanted to address this situation and do our part to keep [the cats] well fed without causing inconvenience to anyone in the community
had everyone scratching their heads and asking: Why is the lake pink?
This week, photos emerged on social media of a pink lake in Ras Al Khaimah and quickly caught the attention of residents across the UAE.
Now scientists have an answer for the natural oddity.
Environmental experts
what turned the water pink.
Dr Saif Al Ghais, director general of the Environment Protection and Development Authority in Ras Al Khaimah, told the
The National red algae caused the water discolouration.
He said the salinity levels were extremely high too, almost four times that of seawater.
Drone images of the unusually fluorescent mini lake were first shared on social media by student Ammar Al Farsi.