Balochistan is hardly a hotbed of violent animal advocacy, but Qatari bustard hunters are deeply resented TURBAT, Pakistan––A vehicle carrying six armed guards for members of the Qatari royal family on an expedition to hunt houbara bustards, an internationally recognized threatened member of the grouse family, was blown up by a remote-controlled improvised bomb on […]
Did the bastards kill any bustards? Oil sheik hunters evicted from Pakistan
Officially, the oil sheiks didn’t use their falcons THARPARKAR, Pakistan––Birding enthusiasts, conservationists, and inquiring minds throughout Pakistan are wondering how endangered houbara bustards really fared this past winter, after––according to the Urdu newspaper Daily Dunya––an alleged falconing camp set up in Tharparkar, Sindh district, by Qatari prince Fahad Abdul Rahman Al Thani was removed […]