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UAE President donates 150 falcons to international hunting exhibition
President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has donated 150 falcons to the International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition-Abu Dhabi 2008.
- WAM
- Published: 15:16 October 9, 2008
Abu Dhabi: President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has donated 150 falcons to the International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition-Abu Dhabi 2008. The falcons were kept at the pro-falcon breeding project in Al Ain, one of the world's leading projects to preserve falcons.
Shaikh Khalifa's gesture aims at highlighting significance of preserving the endangered species.
Mohammad Khalaf Al Mazrouei, head of the Higher Organising Committee of the Exhibition and Board Member of the Emirates Falconers Club, said the "UAE President has been generous with us since the inception of the exhibition in its first edition. The gesture underlines preservation of the heritage in order to pass it to another generation intact alongside protection of the environment".
He applauded the efforts of Shaikh Khalifa in the preservation of the birds.
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