What Animals Are Protected from Hunting in Saudi Arabia?

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia prohibits the hunting of wild animals, including the Arabian Oryx, gazelles, ibex, and predators such as the Arabian leopard, lynx, wolf, and hyena. It also bans the hunting of endangered birds or birds of prey.

Hunting animals or birds is prohibited within the boundaries of villages, cities, centers, farms, rest areas, residential and military facilities, industrial and vital establishments, protected areas, and large projects such as NEOM, the Red Sea Project, Amaala, and Qiddiya.

Hunting is prohibited along the Kingdom’s coasts, extending about twenty km inland, as well as in ar-Rub' al-Khali (Empty Quarter). Additionally, hunting is banned at night, in border areas, and near public roads, or railways.