Quatrième de couverture
The text covers the biology of birds of prey, their captive management, breeding, training and rehabilitation. Sections have been critically reviewed by top international. specialists for scientific accuracy.
Over 290 technical drawings and 150 colon photos aid the reader in the pursuit of understanding birds of prey.
A founder, twenty years ago, of the Raptor Association of New Zealand, and more recently of the Middle East Falcon Research Group, Dr. Fox has long been concerned with pulling together raptor enthusiasts from all disciplines and persuasions. As a consultant to the British Hawk Board for many years, he is acutely aware of the problems faced by birds of prey and of the divergent human attitudes toward them.
Dr. Fox is Director of Falcon Management and Research at the National Avian Research Conter of its breeding facility in the U.K. and for research programs in the U.K, the Middle East, and Kazakhstan.
