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Run Rachael Run by Patricia Paris6/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() “I’ve never seen them before,” he says with a wave of his hand.Ī pause, then the second man, Maxamed Cali Guuleed, speaks: They look a little smaller, maybe, but those are the cubs from my house. One of the two, Cabdiraxmaan Yusuf Mahdi, better known as Cabdi Xayawaan, glances at the cubs. The cubs’ birdlike chirps of distress echo off the concrete floor and walls. The question from the prosecutor is about the five cheetah cubs pressed together in a carrier, and held up for two defendants to see from their barred cell at the front of the courtroom. Read the story in Somali: Maqaalkan oo Somali ah ka akhri halkan. Hear more about the battle to stop cheetah trafficking in the Horn of Africa on our podcast, Overheard at National Geographic , and learn about the #ThinkBeforeYouLike campaign on TikTok and Twitter. ![]()
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