We are Scientific Advisers to the UK All Party Parliamentary Middle Way Group on Hunting with Dogs, to the Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency, Abu Dhabi on sustainable falconry issues and on vulture conservation, to the UK Hawk Board on falconry issues, and to the International Association of Falconry and Conservation Scientific, Middle East and Hybrid Working Groups. We also have expertise in horses and have recently completed a Delphi consultation for the Brooke Hospital for Animals on welfare assessment of working equines in Third World Countries.
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We direct field research on falcons in Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Siberia, China, Tibet and run the Middle East Falcon Research Group and Journal Falco . Previous studies include research in Mauritius, New Zealand, Kirghistan and Pakistan. We supervise post-graduate students on some of these projects to MSc or PhD levels.
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We breed about 300 falcons per year for falconry purposes and have run a gene bank for New Zealand Falcons since 1974. We have reared and released 53 Red Kites for the re-introduction of this species in UK and provide consultancies for programmes breeding Spanish Imperial Eagles and endangered Indian Gyps vultures. We provide internships for trainees in bird of prey management techniques from many different countries.
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We produce a modular video series in English and Spanish on Bird of Prey Management for falconers, breeders, veterinarians and zoos. We also provide specialist films of research programmes such as Saker Conservation (for ERWDA), Welfare Aspects of Shooting Foxes (for APP Middle Way Group), The International Falcon Trade (for CITES Secretariat), and on falconry.
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Our offices and facilities are situated on an estate comprising four livestock farms in west Wales, UK. These are under the Tir Gofal countryside stewardship scheme and since 1982 we have changed 22% of the 280 agricultural acres to trees or conservation use, including a dozen ponds and a lake around the facility. The fifth farm of 200 acres is inside the Northumberland National Park and is managed for ground nesting species such as curlews and grey partridges. Restoration ecology and low-impact sustainable leisure uses of farmland is an area we are getting increasingly involved in.
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In conjunction with the UK Hawk Board and Faraway Films we are in the process of developing a certificated distance-learning course on bird of prey management.
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