December 29, 2009
Endangered Bird Hunted by Arab Sheikhs and Princes
(Karachi, Pakistan) The government of Pakistan apparently won't comply with international regulatory standards protecting endangered species facing extinction.
It appears that some people are just more equal.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has given permission to 27 dignitaries of the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to set up hunting camps in 63 districts of all four provinces and hunt the protected and endangered bird, the houbara bustard.If this scheme were attempted in the U.S., virtually every animal welfare group on the planet would protest and law enforcers would be making arrests. So far, there has not been one peep from any of them.Last month, 10 licences were issued to Arab princes and sheikhs allowing them to bring 470 falcons into the country to hunt the endangered bird.
Houbara bustard is a migratory bird and faces extinction threat.
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