The Pakistan Government has allowed a Saudi Prince to hunt the rare Houbara Bustard in Baluchistan despite the provincial High Court cancelling all foreign permits to hunt the endangered bird species. Saifullah Zehri, district forest officer for wildlife in Chagai confirmed that two advance parties of Saudi Prince Fahd bin Sultan Abdulaziz Al Saud had reached the Yak Much desert area in the district yesterday. The Prince is expected to join the group in coming days.
“They landed at the Dalbandin airport on Sunday on a C-130 Transport plane with all necessary equipment and falcons which are used to snare the Houbara Busturds,” he said. The Baluchistan High Court had issued the ban orders last November after it was reported that foreign hunting parties had killed around 2,100 of the rare species in one year alone.