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Emirates Falconers' Club opens its doors to kids at ADIHEX - 27 Sep 2008 AME Info,Children will be able to learn about the endangered Houbara Bustard through animated characters such as Habbour bin Houbara. The Houbara bustard is the Carlisle man is saviour of the rare houbara - Sep 8, 2008 News & Star,By Thom Kennedy Not many people in Carlisle know what a houbara is. But the entire existence of this rare, desert-dwelling bird relies on four projects, Zayed vision: Transforming desert into green haven - Sep 20, 2008 GulfNews,Such programmes were also extended to birds such as falcons and the Asian Houbara Bustard. What began as a vision has now transformed into a reality. Braconnage des espèces protégées : le gouvernement veut appliquer ... - Sep 26, 2008 Tout sur l'Algérie,La gazelle et l’outarde (Houbara) étaient particulièrement prisées pour leur chair tendre et savoureuse. Pendant de longues années, elles étaient chassées Great Indian Bustard sanctuary fights for survival in Maharashtra - Sep 9, 2008 Zee News,Florican (Sypheotides indica), the Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) and species Houbara (Chlamydotis undulata) and are on the brink of decline. Hunting for migrants - 14 Aug 2008 BirdLife International,In Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, falconry on the protected Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulate is only practiced by foreign nationals from the Gulf States. Falconer's Sport - Aug 1, 2008 Tehelka,Elsewhere the scales tip dangerously against the houbara bustard — a favourite game bird of Arab falconers, especially in the United Arab Emirates. Houbara bustards released in Nag Valley - Apr 16, 2008 Daily Times,LAHORE: The Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi has released several houbara bustards in Nag Valley of Washuk district, Balochistan. The Houbara International Dy PM visits houbara centre in Rabat - Apr 12, 2008 Khaleej Times,Shaikh Hamdan said the houbara reproduction programme, which was set up by late Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in 1977 “is yielding fruits�, North African houbara release 'very exciting' - Apr 1, 2008 GulfNews,General Shaikh Mohammad said: "This release of the houbaras in North Africa was necessary to meet the continuous decline of houbara numbers due to the Abu Dhabi on the fly - Apr 11, 2008 The Australian,The falcons have long been used for survival hunting in the desert; the favourite prey is hares and houbara bustards. There is a successful captive-breeding Morocco: Reintroduction of the bustard - Apr 9, 2008 Global Voices Online,Jill, now I have to go look up what a houbara bustard is. I’m going to assume this is some sort of bird and not some reincarnation of Hoba Hoba Spirit… Delicate balance between development and ecology - Feb 16, 2008 GulfNews,How do you evaluate the efforts of EAD in preserving the natural environment and breeding programmes of endangered Houbara bustards and falcons? Influential poachers endangering deer habitats - Jan 29, 2008 The News - International,These people hailing from Gulf States set up camps in these areas for some time in the winter and kill endangered species, including deer and houbara Houbara hunting - Nov 29, 2007 The Post,It is estimated that over 10000 houbara bustards are killed or trapped in Pakistan every year. As such, between 30 to 50 percent of the migratory houbara Top military change won’t affect war on terror commitment: FO - Nov 28, 2007 Daily Times,On the issuance of licenses to friendly Arab leaders for hunting Houbara Bustards in Pakistan, Sadiq said the practice had been going on for decades, No change in govt stance on terror war - Nov 28, 2007 The Nation, Pakistan,To a question about issuing licences for hunting of Houbara Bustard to rulers of some friendly countries, the spokesman said it was very old practice. Pakistan welcomes Peace Conference on Middle East - Nov 28, 2007 Associated Press of Pakistan,Replying to a question about issuing licences for hunting of Houbara Bustard to rulers of some friendly countries, the spokesman said it is very old Turkish President to visit Pakistan - Nov 28, 2007 Islamic Republic News Agency,The spokesman said Pakistan is encouraging artificial breeding of Houbara Bustard, a hunting bird. He said licences for its hunting are issued for a limited Plan to release thousands of houbaras into the wild - Nov 4, 2007 Gulf News,By Aftab Kazmi, Bureau Chief Al Ain: National Avian Research Centre (NARC) has plans to release thousands of Houbara Bustards into the wild. Bustard hunting permits issued to Gulf leaders - Nov 26, 2007 Pakistan Dawn,By Bhagwandas KARACHI, Nov 26: The federal government has issued houbara bustard hunting permits to 31 members of the ruling families of four Arabian Gulf Joint houbara breeding project planned - Aug 8, 2007 Gulf News,By Emmanuelle Landais, Staff Reporter Dubai: A houbara bustard conservation and breeding project has been outlined between the UAE and Algeria to set up a UAE-Algerian bid to conserve houbara bustard - Aug 8, 2007 Africast,Houbara is the traditional quarry for Arab falconers and since the bird population is on the decline, efforts have been made by the UAE Government to UAE, Algeria cooperate to protect houbara bustard - Aug 7, 2007 Middle East Online,Project aims to release houbara back into wild in order to help increase population in wild. ALGIERS - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the People’s Bustard hunting gets green light Oct 29, 2006 Lahore: The Punjab Government has amended rules banning the hunting of houbara bustard, a rare wild bird, for three months for foreign dignitaries. ... - Gulf News, The UAE and Islamic Republic of Iran to Cooperate on Environmental ... Nov 16, 2006 This agreement will allow both countries to cooperate in the protection of the Houbara bustard populations as well as cooperate to protect marine turtles. ... - AME Info (press release), News in brief Nov 15, 2006 The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi yesterday signed an agreement with Iran's Department of Environment to cooperate for the protection of houbara bustard and ... - Gulf News, Rescue hope for the bustard Nov 7, 2006 By GEOFFREY BEW. A SCHEME to protect endangered Houbara bustard could be extended to include Bahrain, it has emerged. The bird, which ... - Gulf Daily News, Bustards need to be protected like tigers Nov 3, 2006 ...to save all the four bustard species namely — the Great Indian Bustard, the Bengal Florican, the Lesser Florican, and the migratory Houbara Bustard (Macqeen ... - Hindustan Times, 12-Month Ban on Hunting of Birds Nov 1, 2006 ...respective seasons approach.�. Al-Humaidan said falcons and houbara bustards were the birds most hunted in the Kingdom. Falcons are ... - Arab News, Ports and politics Mar 15, 2006 ...the Taliban and Osama bin Laden (until recently the family would travel regularly to the region around Kandahar to hunt the endangered houbara bustard with ... Frontline, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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