Saudi Prince kills two percent of global population of endangered bird

Efforts to reestablished houbara over Saudi Arabia have yet to be successful...thus, hunting of houbara has been transferred to countries where houbara have yet to be wiped-out.

This, and many other 'conservation websites', might well be interested in hosting factual information concerning the current and planned destruction of such important wildlife sites as Hells Gate, Lake Natron, other Eastern Rift Valley Lakes, and the Laikipia Plateau. Many of these sites are read by a very large number of people every day. Some will be willing to express their concern...and some may be able to assist the conservation of these sites in other ways.

Tom

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Saudi Prince kills two percent of global population of endangered bird

In a three week hunting safari between January 11th and 31st of this year, Saudi Arabian Prince Fahd bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and his party allegedly shot down 2,100 Asian Houbara bustards (Chlamydotis macqueenii) in Balochistan, Pakistan. Scientists aren't certain how many Houbara bustards survive today, but their best estimate is around 100,000 and declining.

A few colourful birds – Dhahran Hills

Birding still remains slow in Dhahran with only the occasional new visitor being seen. The most obvious arrivals have been two or three European Rollers, one of which was in a dead tree in the spray fields and allowed close approach, even on foot. The first bird I saw was on 27 April, which was also the first one of ...

Chris Packham cuckoo reveals migration secrets

A cuckoo wearing a solar-powered satellite-tracked tag is the first to provide UK scientists with migration data for three years running. Having flown more than 45,000 miles Chris, named after wildlife presenter Chris Packham, revealed overwintering in Angola for the first time. The four-year-old returned to the Norfolk/Suffolk border on Friday, said the British Trust for Ornithology.