We made a trip to the King Khalid Wildlife Research Center, about an hour outside Riyadh. It was fascinating but not so ideal for taking pictures as we were mainly on a moving minibus and anything had to be shot through cyclone fences. The animals were pretty shy as well, and ran for the back of their enclosure when we drove by. As a result, I don't have too many usable images.

From the center’s website http://www.zsl.org/conservation/regions/asia/saudi-antelope/index,247,ZI.html :

“Over-utilisation of rangelands and excessive hunting have extirpated most larger mammal species in the Kingdom. Notoriously harsh environmental conditions, an increasing human population and competition with large free-ranging herds of domestic stock - mainly camels - further exacerbate the plight of wildlife in Saudi Arabia.

“The Saudi Wildlife Commission established a system of protected areas and captive breeding programmes for gazelles, Arabian oryx and houbara bustard for re-introduction to suitable, managed protected areas.

“The King Khalid Wildlife Research Centre (KKWRC) is a breeding centre for Mountain gazelle and Arabian Sand gazelle.”