Fahd Bin Sultan: Pakistani birds
Issue 1004
- 12 Nov 2015
| 1 minute read
Tabuk governor Prince Fahd Bin Sultan Bin Abdelaziz has obtained rare permission from Pakistan to export ten falcons. The trapping, trade and export of saker and peregrine falcons is banned under Pakistani wildlife protection laws. Pakistan has long been a favourite of Gulf royals who like to hunt the Houbara bustard, the official bird of Baluchistan, with their falcons. Prince Fahd was appointed in 1987.
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