Yes - apparently you can buy also sorts of cats from a breeder here in Dubai.....DH found it by googling.....quite eye opening and just a little concerning!
No, don't think so. I've seen wild foxes here etc, and it's bouncy gait was definitely different to canine - more feline.
The taxi driver in the front even said 'cat' ...
Since then have looked at the web and loads of people locally sell caracal kittens as pets, so quite likely to be an escaped pet.
Not necessarily 'pet' related, but we live at the back of 'The Villa', and were driving back from a night out last night about 9.45pm in a taxi on the 'back road' that runs from the 611/66 interchange, into Phase 2/3.
Still can't believe what we saw in the lights of the taxi ... think it was a caracal! Definitely big cat (not desert dog), sandy coloured, bounced down the road in front of us and then away. No spots / stripes, and process of elimination has led us to thinking it's a caracal. Experienced friends I've spoken to say it may be an escaped pet as opposed to wild, but you never know ...