The raptors may top the food chain in the wild, but here the predators can themselves become the prey. Many protected ... a regional problem in the Middle East, and the demand for falcons captured ...

Some Middle Eastern falconers use live prey, including ducks, to accustom their birds to killing. Sheikh Butti bin Maktoum bin Juma al Maktoum trains his falcons in the desert outside Dubai.

Kuwait City - known as the world's hottest city - can be witness to scenes like out of an Old Testament passage, with birds falling from the sky and fish boiling in the waters. The Middle Eastern ...

Due to its geographical location, the Middle East serves as a key junction for birds on long-distance migration ... barn owl are also helping keep other prey and predator populations in check.