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Propagating diurnal raptors in captivity: a review

Propagating diurnal raptors in captivity: a review Propagating diurnal raptors in captivity: a review TOM J . C A D E Professor o Ornathology, Section o Ecology C5 Systematics, Cornell University, Ithuca, New York f f 148.50, U S A Although falconers have trained and kept birds of prey in captivity for 3000 years or more, only in the last 20 years have serious and sustained efforts been made to breed falcons and other raptors in confinement (Cade, 1980, 1982). T h e ancient and mediaeval falconers were not concerned with propagation not only because there was a plentiful supply of wild falcons and hawks to be taken for training but also because falconers generally had a low regard for young raptors or eyasses, much preferring to trap fully wild passage or haggard birds for use in hunting. There is one interesting reference to captive breeding in a late 15th or early 16th century English manuscript on falconry (Loft, 1978). In a section entitled ‘How to ordere a place to brede hauks’ the unknown author gives a set of directions so explicit and detailed for propagating 1,anner falcons Falco biurmicus as to suggest that he was writing from actual experience. Otherwise, there is little in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Zoo Yearbook Wiley

Propagating diurnal raptors in captivity: a review

CADE, TOM J.
International Zoo Yearbook , Volume 24 (1) – Jan 1, 1986
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Copyright © 1986 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0074-9664
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1748-1090
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10.1111/j.1748-1090.1985.tb02514.x
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Propagating diurnal raptors in captivity: a review TOM J . C A D E Professor o Ornathology, Section o Ecology C5 Systematics, Cornell University, Ithuca, New York f f 148.50, U S A Although falconers have trained and kept birds of prey in captivity for 3000 years or more, only in the last 20 years have serious and sustained efforts been made to breed falcons and other raptors in confinement (Cade, 1980, 1982). T h e ancient and mediaeval falconers were not concerned with propagation not only because there was a plentiful supply of wild falcons and hawks to be taken for training but also because falconers generally had a low regard for young raptors or eyasses, much preferring to trap fully wild passage or haggard birds for use in hunting. There is one interesting reference to captive breeding in a late 15th or early 16th century English manuscript on falconry (Loft, 1978). In a section entitled ‘How to ordere a place to brede hauks’ the unknown author gives a set of directions so explicit and detailed for propagating 1,anner falcons Falco biurmicus as to suggest that he was writing from actual experience. Otherwise, there is little in

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Published: Jan 1, 1986

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