hunting

Catching a hawk

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Every week, a Harris hawk flies over the shopping centre where I live, to stop the pigeons pooping on the shoppers.  If I hear the jingle of the bells, I go down to chat to the falconer, and greet the splendid bird – who flies much more and much more freely than birds in aviaries. …

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Hunting with Cheetahs

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Following on the earlier tales of Musulman and Kafir lions on Bakhtiari land, I want to share an amazing short film. Cheetah were traditionally used in the Safavid era for hunting, as you can see in this (apologies!) very poor quality image of a cheetah being carried on the back of a hunter’s horse (from …

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