MIDDLE EAST VOX POP: FALCONRY – IS IT OUT OF CONTROL?
February 1st, 2007
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in BeirutHUNTING with falcons has been part of Arab culture for thousands of years, but with wild falcons declining because of trapping and Middle Eastern hunters also shooting falcons for sport, what do Arabs think about imposing tougher restrictions?*Graziella Nassar, 34, marketing manager from Beirut, LebanonI am anti hunting. In Lebanon there are hunting restrictions but many disregard them. And here shooting falcons is considered something of a privilege so there should be regulations to minimise the possibility of extinction of that ...
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