Falconry tradition soars back; Soviets could never extinguish the love affair with raptors, sport in Kazakhstan

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  • Author(s): By:Alex Rodriguez, Tribune correspondent
  • Source:
    Chicago Tribune (IL), February 3, 2008 News Chicagoland Early Edition, p. 14 4pp
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    • Abstract:
      Under a cloudless sky on the Kazakh steppe, a gray hare scampers over the snow-dusted scrub, about two football fields away from a young hunter in green camouflage and the leather-blinkered golden eagle he supports on a thick, black falconer's gauntlet. The hunter gently pulls off the eagle's hood...