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Tetouani shared the investigation's launch in a comment on the video, which has circulated widely on the web. The frightening video shows a person shooting down antelopes one by one from his car using a machine gun.The car chases four antelopes, all of which are shot down.The vice president said the case has been referred to the Public Security department.The Saudi Wildlife Authority was established in 1986 and responsible for the protection of wildlife in country.The animal in the video is likely to have been the Arabian oryx - a medium-sized antelope native to the desert areas of the Arabian peninsula.In 2011, it was the first animal to revert to vulnerable status after having been declared as endangered in 1986.That same year, populations in the wild were estimated at over 1,000 individuals.[Warning: Video is of a graphic nature]