BLUE FALCON - MARK ROBB
Falconry
Falconry
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 Falconry is the art of training birds of prey to hunt quarry in its natural
state. Although commonly thought to have originated some 2,000 years B.C.
in the Far East, recent evidence suggests that falconry maybe as old as
15,000 years with origins in the Middle East. In the 12 and 13th Centuries falconry was very popular among the Mongolian tribes. The sons of Genghis Khan are known to have hunted swans with falcons on the plains near Samarkand, China. In the 1200s, Marco Polo reported that Kublai Khan's hawking party included 10,000 falconers carrying a 'vast number of gyrfalcons, peregrine falcons and sakers...'. Today falconry is practiced worldwide with many raptor species and subspecies used for hunting. Most falconers practice falconry for fun and their love of birds of prey and wildlife. In some parts of the world, however, such as Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia, and Kazakhstan, falconry remains an important method of acquiring food. In the last 30 years a variety of new training and conditioning techniques and equipment, such as telemetry, imprinting, high-jumping, and captive breeding, have revolutionised falconry. In the last decade, the Internet has also played a major role in evolution of falconry, enabling communication and information transfer between falconers from around the world. Communication and co-operation between falconers can only be a good thing as the pressures on falconry increase. Organisations, such as the International Association for Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey, represent falconry on a global scale and are continuously campaigning for the future of falconry. |
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At Blue Falcon I fully understand the pressures on falconry and wild
