Pakistan asks Supreme Court to overturn ban on hunting rare bird

Pakistan asks Supreme Court to overturn ban on hunting rare bird
Islamabad (AFP) Nov 12, 2015 - Pakistan on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to review its ban against hunting a rare desert bird whose meat is prized among Arab sheikhs as an aphrodisiac, saying controlled hunting could be a tool for preservation. Wealthy hunting parties from the Gulf travel to Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province every winter to kill the houbara bustard using hunting falcons, a practice that has ... more

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