Egypt: Bird lovers mark International Falconry Day with show near Alexandria

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Published Dec 5, 2020

Falcon lovers, who gathered to mark the International Falconry Day near Alexandria on Friday, were treated to a show displaying the bird's many talents.

Falconers from across the country gathered for the event, demonstrating the basics of training the birds of prey.

Some of them said they hoped to attract greater interest in falconry and spread awareness, as well as showing amateurs how to take care of the birds.

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SOT, Adel Mahmoud, Falconer (Arabic): "Today we gather on the occasion of the International Falconry Day. We, the lovers of birds of prey in Egypt, gather on this day to show how we train falcons and how we deal with them."

SOT, Mohamed Essmat, Falconer(Arabic): "Today, we display 'Al Mullwah', which is a shape in the form of prey that the falcon tries and wraps around to catch it, is to raise the fitness of the bird and make the bird always get used to flying and be more friendly with its owner. When moving or flying, he sees 'Al Mullwah' so he flies towards it and returns to its owner, which is like a call to attract the bird to you in case it is away from you."

SOT, Awies Mahmoud, Falconer (Arabic): "For those who do not know anything about this hobby, we invite them to come here to see falcons and how they are trained, how the bird is in the sky and how descends to the ground, how it kills its prey. Some people are attracted by the matter and they love it and they begin to deal with us and communicate about how to train birds of prey, how to deal with them, how to obtain a bird of prey, its tools, and where to buy it."

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