Raising and training falcons in captivity can help conserve these beloved symbols of the Arabian Peninsula. A female saker falcon guards her chicks—called eyases—in their nest overlooking the ...

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which trained and released back into the wild 1,121 falcons since 1995. “Understanding the conservation status of the saker is essential for us to develop a clear action plan to save it,” he said.

“Back home I have a saker falcon and I still go hunting with it,” he said. Saker is Agar’s favourite species of falcons and he is not alone in his preference. For thousands of ...