Comments on: 8個阿拉伯氏族在東方省抓獵鷹

By: Boum

Boum — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:02:41 +0000

Dear Marc,
the money is going to government and government using it for budget, we are against, that the falcon would be captured (internationally prohibited) and send to people, who made money be oil, which is also nature product.
We need international public to this case and support, actually we have many international so called environmental programs and projects with excellent expert, but nobody argue in this mutter. Very strange and how we can believe for what the projects working on, that is just support to get our natural resources like copper, gold and coal…
Green Coalition

By: Marc Herman

Marc Herman — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:32:40 +0000

I had the same question: where does the money go? I can imagine a falcon is not a particularly easy or safe animal to catch successfully. Personally, I'd be worried about my eyes.

By: Carolina

Carolina — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:24:29 +0000

Wow! Amazing story! I’m always been puzzled by the Shah’s fascination to falcons.. Thanks for sharing!

By: Portnoy

Portnoy — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:37:22 +0000

I am also surprised by the price of a falcon. But I wonder how much can Mongolians earn since 10-80 thousand USD is the price sold in Arabian world, according to the report, not the price sold to Arabian catchers.

By: David Sasaki

David Sasaki — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:29:46 +0000

Wow! $10,000 - $80,000 for a falcon? That sure is an expensive bird. It would be nice if the Mongolian government came up with a program so that environmental projects were funded each time a falcon is sold. I once saw a documentary on Al Jazeera about the Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital. Also, it was interesting to learn that falcons are the only animal which can be carried onboard a Qatar Airways flight.