Saddam was taken to hospital to get handled for a head damage.
He underwent scanning and blood checks earlier than going below the knife.
In two day’s time, Saddam recuperated and began flying once more!
Saddam is an imposing falcon, a hen that’s an intrinsic a part of Arab tradition.
On this a part of the world, falcons are seen because the symbols of braveness and power. One can spot falcon photographs and statuettes in all places in Qatar.
To get first-hand expertise of their breeding and rearing strategies, I went to Souq Waqif, an ornate Center Jap bazaar in Doha which retains alive the traditional custom of falconry.
The outlets at Souq Waqif have round lots of of falcons of varied hues and sizes which are both bought or auctioned.
Adjoining to the souq is a state-of-the-art falcon hospital. On the “ready space” of the hospital I noticed a younger falcon that was ready for his Qatari proprietor to take him again.
The person who was giving him firm was a Malayali; Prasoon Raheem who hails from Makkaraparamba in Malappuram.
He’s a laboratory specialist on the falcon hospital. There are lots of Malayali docs, nurses, and laboratory assistants on the hospital.
In Kerala, elephants are thought-about prestigious symbols of prosperous households.
In Arab tradition, falcons get pleasure from the identical standing. Admired for his or her extraordinary velocity, sight, and energy, falcons have develop into standing symbols as a result of excessive prices concerned in breeding them.
There are specifically educated individuals who care for the inventory. The Qatari homeowners accompany them throughout desert looking journeys or at main exhibitions.
One such exhibition is the annual Suhail Worldwide Exhibition at Katara Cultural Village. It options an array of contests the place probably the most lovely falcon and the quickest one are chosen.
Two years in the past, a Shaheen falcon, a subspecies of the Peregrine Falcon – the quickest member of the animal kingdom – was bought for two lakh Qatari Rial (round Rs 50 lakh).
In Center Jap nations, Falcons get pleasure from a number of particular privileges. They want passports to journey from nation to nation.
The falcon hospital maintains a database of falcons within the nation the place each bit of knowledge concerning every hen is recorded.
Furthermore, the birds have an digital chip implanted for tracing them and in figuring out their identities.