On the prowl: Mali's Timbuktu cat hunters honour age-old tradition
Kadi Ben Wahab, 15, puffs out his chest and poses for a photo with several friends, before setting off to hunt cats in northern Mali’s Timbuktu. As part of an age-old tradition in the city, in the desert north of the troubled Sahel state, Kadi and his band of hunters hit the streets after dark in order to trap, skin and cook cats.