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Medium close shot of falconer and bird sitting on his glove 2. Mid shot of falconer releasing bird to tracking shot of falcon Camarthen, Wales, UK, May 20103. Various of Welsh countryside and falcon farm 4....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e Ajman, UAE, April 2010 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Medium close shot of falconer and bird sitting on his glove \u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid shot of falconer releasing bird to tracking shot of falcon \u003cbr/\u003eCamarthen, Wales, UK, May 2010\u003cbr/\u003e3. Various of Welsh countryside and falcon farm \u003cbr/\u003e4. Close up of falcon eggs in incubator\u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid shot of incubator drawer being closed and locked\u003cbr/\u003e6. Close-up of digital readout on outside of incubator showing temperature and humidity readings\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (English), Barbara Fox, Aviculturist (bird breeder) \u003cbr/\u003e\"The incubators have improved tremendously. The knowledge of how to feed the birds and what kind of vitamins and supplements they might need. The knowledge has developed tremendously, so if you improve things then the result will be better.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Various of newly hatched falcon chicks in heated \u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English), Barbara Fox, Aviculturist   \u003cbr/\u003e\"In the past the people in the Middle East used to catch falcons on passage, on their migration in the autumn, catch them and fly them over the winter and then in the spring when it got hot again they released them again. Now they can have captive ones and they don't have to catch the wild ones.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid shot of technician weighing and recording details of new born chick\u003cbr/\u003e11. Close up of chick's weight being noted on a chart\u003cbr/\u003e12. Various of a new born born chick being fed with raw meat and weighed again\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English), Dr Andrew Dixon, research biologist, International Wildlife Consultants  \u003cbr/\u003e\"One benefit of a large-scale, commercial breeding operation like this is that the skills and techniques we develop can be used for conservation purposes.\"\u003cbr/\u003eCamarthen, Wales, UK,  August 2010\u003cbr/\u003e14. Various of a falcon being trained with a lure in a field at the falcon centre \u003cbr/\u003e15. Set up for Dr Nick Fox watching falcon being trained\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Nick Fox, director, International Wildlife Consultants \u003cbr/\u003e\"Falconry depends on four things, a good hunting area; quarry in the hunting area; birds of prey to hunt and falconers with their heritage able to train them all.\" \u003cbr/\u003e17. Various of a falcon being trained with a lure in a field at the falcon centre \u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Nick Fox, director, International Wildlife Consultants \u003cbr/\u003e\"In places quarry (prey) has gone down in numbers not from over hunting by falconers, but from environmental reasons. Birds of prey, remember, were decimated by pesticides and in the 1800s in Britain they were also killed by game keepers.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. Various of falcon being trained in a free flying exercise\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE: (English), Dr Nick Fox, Director of International Wildlife Consultants  \u003cbr/\u003e\"There are many people all over the world practising falconry and we're in the process of getting that recognised by UNESCO as part of our cultural heritage. From the conservation point of view there are quite a few species which are endangered, or need support or simply need people to be trained to go out there and do it.\u003cbr/\u003eAjman, UAE, April 2010 \u003cbr/\u003e21. Close of  falconer in Ajman watching vehicle chasing the falcon across the desert\u003cbr/\u003e22. Mid shot of falconers going to their vehicle to join the chase\u003cbr/\u003e23. Various inside the car driving across the desert\u003cbr/\u003e24. Mid windscreen view of car stopping where the falcon has caught a pigeon\u003cbr/\u003e25. Various of man retrieving his falcon \u003cbr/\u003e26. Close up of falcon sitting on man's gloved hand\u003cbr/\u003eHunting with birds is ten thousand years old and is a particularly deep rooted tradition in Arab countries.\u003cbr/\u003eBut some of the most ground breaking work to breed and train birds of prey takes place, far from the desert in rural Britain. \u003cbr/\u003eYou can sense the excitement of the hunt when the prey is in sight.\u003cbr/\u003eIn the middle of the desert a keenly trained falcon is released into the sky and what follows is a chase which thrills the bird's audience.\u003cbr/\u003eBut did you know that many of these awesome birds have actually been bred and trained in these lush, green hills in Wales.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's part of a breeding programme to replace diminishing numbers of birds in the wild.\u003cbr/\u003eThe eggs are taken from nesting pairs of falcons and placed here in the temperature-controlled incubator room.\u003cbr/\u003eThe methods are scientific and every attention is paid to getting the details right.\u003cbr/\u003eApproximately 300 eggs are artificially hatched here in the early spring at Wildlife Consultants International and it's deliberated timed to coincide with when the birds hatch in the wild.\u003cbr/\u003eAccording to aviculturalist Barbara Fox the good results match the improvement in rearing techniques.\u003cbr/\u003eShe says \"the incubators have improved tremendously, knowledge of how to feed the birds and what kind of vitamins and supplements they might need. The knowledge has developed tremendously so if you improve things then the result will be better.\"\u003cbr/\u003eOne hatched the young birds are given intensive care, fed with the latest feeding tools and kept in heated containers.\u003cbr/\u003eFox says historically in the Middle East wild birds were only captured and kept for a season and then released. \u003cbr/\u003eNow these captive bred birds are available.\u003cbr/\u003eThe expertise learned here over the last 25 years, ensures that the maximum number of birds survive to adulthood and that means birds don't have to be taken from the wild.\u003cbr/\u003eResearch biologist Andrew Dixon says commercial breeding can certainly benefit conservation efforts, especially where bird populations are extinct.\u003cbr/\u003eFood is used for positive reinforcement when training birds. \u003cbr/\u003eRaptors (birds of prey) are not affectionate animals and they don't develop emotional ties.\u003cbr/\u003eBut they soon learn that life with the falconer affords them the easiest and most reliable source of food and protection. \u003cbr/\u003eNick Fox director of Wildlife Consultants International states the four basic requirements for the hunting tradition to be able to continue in any country.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says they're a \"good hunting area, quarry (prey) in the hunting area, birds of prey to hunt and falconers with their heritage able to train them all.\" \u003cbr/\u003eThese trainers use crows feathers to encourage these young birds to hunt and the centre has established a reputation for providing good quality birds for hunting in the UK.\u003cbr/\u003eFox says that in some places the number of small mammals may have decreased but that is unlikely to be due to hunting with raptors. \u003cbr/\u003eHe says \"in places quarry has gone down in numbers not from over hunting by falconers but from environmental reasons. 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