Falconry comes into its own

Middle East | January 1, 2008| | Copyright

AS THE GULF emirates have grown into major financial and trading centres, the desire by their prominent citizens to preserve the best of Arab culture has resulted in increased investment in the sport of falconry.

Driven by nostalgia, or just good business sense, this injection of capital into falconry and its attendant industries has led to the development of modern centres tasked with the breeding of various popular species; the Barbary peregrine, Lugar falcon and Black Shabeen among the more popular birds of prey used in the sport. Even the breeding of their past quarry, the almost extinct ...

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