A hunter releases his tamed golden eagle during an annual hunting competition outside Almaty December 9, 2011. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

Kirgiz falconers hold their saker falcons at a falcon domestication base in Akqi county of Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region September 22, 2011. The falcons are domesticated for hunting. Picture taken September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin Zhao (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL ANIMALS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Speedy, a Gyr-Merlin falcon, is seen in a Royal Shaheen enclosure on an island off the coast of Abu Dhabi May 8, 2011. The Royal Shaheen is a company that takes in falcons, which have been born in captivity, when they are at least six months old and trains them to hunt, enabling them to be used for pest control purposes in areas with increasing numbers of crows and pigeons. Picture taken May 8, 2011. REUTERS/Jumana El-Heloueh (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS) 

A golden eagle casts a shadow on a wall during an annual traditional hunting competition near the village of Uzynagash outside Almaty, February 12, 2011. Kazakhstan's national sport of Sayat - or hunting with birds of prey - is popular in the Central Asian state. Hunters all over the country arrived for the annual competition. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) 

A hunter attempts to control his golden eagle while standing in front of a yurt, a traditional nomad felt tent, before an annual traditional hunting competition near the village of Uzynagash outside Almaty, February 12, 2011. Kazakhstan's national sport of Sayat - or hunting with birds of prey - is popular in the Central Asian state. Hunters all over the country arrived for the annual competition. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) 

A hawk chases a rabbit during an annual traditional hunting competition near the village of Uzynagash outside Almaty, February 12, 2011. Kazakhstan's national sport of Sayat - or hunting with birds of prey - is popular in the Central Asian state. Hunters all over the country arrived for the annual competition. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A hawk attacks a rabbit during an annual traditional hunting competition near the village of Uzynagash outside Almaty, February 12, 2011. Kazakhstan's national sport of Sayat - or hunting with birds of prey - is popular in the Central Asian state. Hunters all over the country arrived for the annual competition. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A hunter holds a fox, caught by a golden eagle, during an annual traditional hunting competition near the village of Uzynagash outside Almaty, February 12, 2011. Kazakhstan's national sport of Sayat - or hunting with birds of prey - is popular in the Central Asian state. Hunters all over the country arrived for the annual competition. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) 

A falconer releases a hawk during a falconry demonstration held by the Suwa falconry preservation as part of New Year celebrations in Tokyo, January 2, 2011. Falconry in Japan is steeped in about 1,600 years of history. The art of hawk hunting has been preserved by the imperial family, according to the Suwa falconry preservation society. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

Falconers stand with their hawks during a falconry demonstration held by the Suwa falconry preservation as part of New Year celebrations in Tokyo, January 2, 2011. Falconry in Japan is steeped in about 1,600 years of history. The art of hawk hunting has been preserved by the imperial family, according to the Suwa falconry preservation society. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A falconer releases a hawk during a falconry demonstration held by the Suwa falconry preservation as part of New Year celebrations in Tokyo, January 2, 2011. Falconry in Japan is steeped in about 1,600 years of history. The art of hawk hunting has been preserved by the imperial family, according to the Suwa falconry preservation society. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A female falconer poses with her hawk during a falconry demonstration held by the Suwa falconry preservation as part of New Year celebrations in Tokyo, January 2, 2011. Falconry in Japan is steeped in about 1,600 years of history. The art of hawk hunting has been preserved by the imperial family, according to the Suwa falconry preservation society. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A hawk attempts to catch a pigeon during a falconry demonstration held by the Suwa falconry preservation as part of New Year celebrations in Tokyo, January 2, 2011. Falconry in Japan is steeped in about 1,600 years of history. The art of hawk hunting has been preserved by the imperial family, according to the Suwa falconry preservation society. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A hawk chases a pigeon during a falconry demonstration held by the Suwa falconry preservation as part of New Year celebrations in Tokyo, January 2, 2011. Falconry in Japan is steeped in about 1,600 years of history. The art of hawk hunting has been preserved by the imperial family, according to the Suwa falconry preservation society. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A hunter looks at his golden eagle during an annual hunting competition in Chengelsy Gorge, some 150 km (93 miles) east of Almaty, December 4, 2010. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A hunter releases his golden eagle during an annual hunting competition in Chengelsy Gorge, some 150 km (93 miles) east of Almaty, December 4, 2010. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A member of a falconry group waits to attend an exhibition as Norway's King Harald V visits the village of Svaty Anton October 28, 2010. King Harald V and Queen Sonja are in Slovakia on a four-day official visit. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa (SLOVAKIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A member of a falconry group waits to attend an exhibition as Norway's King Harald V visits the village of Svaty Anton October 28, 2010. King Harald V and Queen Sonja are in Slovakia on a four-day official visit. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa (SLOVAKIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A member of a falconry group (R) waits to attend an exhibition as Norway's King Harald V visits the village of Svaty Anton October 28, 2010. King Harald V and Queen Sonja are in Slovakia on a four-day official visit. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa (SLOVAKIA - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS ANIMALS) 

Norway's King Harald V holds a Bald Eagle while attending a falconry exhibition during his visit to the village of Svaty Anton October 28, 2010. King Harald V and Queen Sonja are in Slovakia on a four-day official visit. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa (SLOVAKIA - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS ANIMALS) 

Norway's King Harald V (2nd R) and Queen Sonja (3th L) and Slovakia's President Ivan Gasparovic (3th R) and his wife Silvia (2nd L) attend a falconry exhibition during a visit to the village of Svaty Anton October 28, 2010. King Harald V and Queen Sonja are in Slovakia on a four-day official visit. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa (SLOVAKIA - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS ANIMALS) 

A Bedouin practices falconry using bait attached to a falcon to catch other free falcons during the hunting season in central Sinai October 25, 2010. Reuters/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A Bedouin practices falconry using bait attached to a falcon to catch other free falcons during the hunting season in central Sinai October 25, 2010. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A kite flies during a during a falconry demonstration at the Alameda garden in Pontevedra City in northwestern Spain September 4, 2010. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal (SPAIN - Tags: ANIMALS) 

A kite flies during a during a falconry demonstration at the Alameda garden in Pontevedra City in northwestern Spain September 4, 2010. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal (SPAIN - Tags: ANIMALS) 

A kite flies during a during a falconry demonstration at the Alameda garden in Pontevedra City in northwestern Spain September 4, 2010. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal (SPAIN - Tags: ANIMALS) 

A great owl is seen during a during a falconry demonstration at the Alameda garden in Pontevedra City in northwestern Spain September 4, 2010. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal (SPAIN - Tags: ANIMALS) 

A kite flies during a during a falconry demonstration at the Alameda garden in Pontevedra City in northwestern Spain September 4, 2010. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal (SPAIN - Tags: ANIMALS) 

An owl eats dead poultry during a falconer's show at a medieval festival in Berlin, April 17, 2010. The festival called Arena Temporis runs until tomorrow in the German capital. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A falcon flies towards a falconer's hand during the Qatar International Falcon and Hunting festival in Dakhira, north of Doha February 6, 2010. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A female falconer poses with her goshawk during a falconry demonstration in Tokyo January 2, 2010. The display of Japan's traditional falconry was held on Saturday as a part of New Year celebrations. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: ANNIVERSARY) 

A goshawk catches a pigeon during a falconry demonstration in Tokyo January 2, 2010. The display of Japan's traditional falconry was held on Saturday as a part of New Year celebrations. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: ANIMALS ANNIVERSARY) 

A falconer releases a Bengal Eagle Owl during a falconry demonstration in Tokyo January 2, 2010. The display of Japan's traditional falconry was held on Saturday as a part of New Years celebrations. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: ANIMALS ANNIVERSARY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A female falconer controls a Bengal Eagle Owl during a falconry demonstration in Tokyo January 2, 2010. The display of Japan's traditional falconry was held on Saturday as a part of New Year celebrations. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: ANIMALS ANNIVERSARY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A hunter holds his hawk during an annual hunting competition in Chengelsy Gorge, some 150 km (93 miles) east of Almaty, December 5, 2009. When it snows on the steppes of eastern Kazakhstan, hunters saddle up and gallop off with eagles on their arms in search of prey. Many in Kazakhstan see eagle hunting as a symbol of their nation's nomadic past and a throwback to an oft-romanticised era before these steppes turned into a geopolitical battleground between competing regional powers Russia and China. Picture taken December 5. To match FEATURE KAZAKHSTAN-EAGLES/ REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN ANIMALS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A hunter releases her golden eagle during an annual hunting competition in Chengelsy Gorge, some 150 km (93 miles) east of Almaty, December 5, 2009. When it snows on the steppes of eastern Kazakhstan, hunters saddle up and gallop off with eagles on their arms in search of prey. Many in Kazakhstan see eagle hunting as a symbol of their nation's nomadic past and a throwback to an oft-romanticised era before these steppes turned into a geopolitical battleground between competing regional powers Russia and China. Picture taken December 5. To match FEATURE KAZAKHSTAN-EAGLES/ REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

Golden eagles are seen in this combination picture taken during an annual hunting competition in Chengelsy Gorge, some 150 km (93 miles) east of Almaty, December 5, 2009. When it snows on the steppes of eastern Kazakhstan, hunters saddle up and gallop off with eagles on their arms in search of prey. Many in Kazakhstan see eagle hunting as a symbol of their nation's nomadic past and a throwback to an oft-romanticised era before these steppes turned into a geopolitical battleground between competing regional powers Russia and China. Picture taken December 5. To match FEATURE KAZAKHSTAN-EAGLES/ REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN ANIMALS) 

A hunting hawk catches a rabbit during an annual hunting competition in Chengelsy Gorge, some 150 km (93 miles) east of Almaty, December 5, 2009. When it snows on the steppes of eastern Kazakhstan, hunters saddle up and gallop off with eagles on their arms in search of prey. Many in Kazakhstan see eagle hunting as a symbol of their nation's nomadic past and a throwback to an oft-romanticised era before these steppes turned into a geopolitical battleground between competing regional powers Russia and China. Picture taken December 5. To match FEATURE KAZAKHSTAN-EAGLES/ REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

A hunter holds his hawk during an annual hunting competition in Chengelsy Gorge, some 150 km (93 miles) east of Almaty, December 5, 2009. When it snows on the steppes of eastern Kazakhstan, hunters saddle up and gallop off with eagles on their arms in search of prey. Many in Kazakhstan see eagle hunting as a symbol of their nation's nomadic past and a throwback to an oft-romanticised era before these steppes turned into a geopolitical battleground between competing regional powers Russia and China. Picture taken December 5. To match FEATURE KAZAKHSTAN-EAGLES/ REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A participant rides with his eagle during an annual hunting competition in Chengelsy Gorge, some 150 km (93 miles) east of Almaty, December 5, 2009. When it snows on the steppes of eastern Kazakhstan, hunters saddle up and gallop off with eagles on their arms in search of prey. Many in Kazakhstan see eagle hunting as a symbol of their nation's nomadic past and a throwback to an oft-romanticised era before these steppes turned into a geopolitical battleground between competing regional powers Russia and China. Picture taken December 5. To match FEATURE KAZAKHSTAN-EAGLES/ REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A scientist holds a gyrfalcon, which rose in captivity, in the Russian Falcon centre at the Research Institute for Nature protection in Moscow, November 18, 2009. Fourteen rare Gyrfalcons were seized by the Moscow customs at Domodedovo airport on Wednesday and submitted for quarantine and rehabilitation to the Russian Falcon centre. Two Syrian citizens were trying to smuggle them to Doha in Qatar, customs officials reported. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (RUSSIA ANIMALS CRIME LAW) 

A scientist holds a gyrfalcon, which rose in captivity, in the Russian Falcon centre at the Research Institute for Nature protection in Moscow, November 18, 2009. Fourteen rare Gyrfalcons were seized by the Moscow customs at Domodedovo airport on Wednesday and submitted for quarantine and rehabilitation to the Russian Falcon centre. Two Syrian citizens were trying to smuggle them to Doha in Qatar, customs officials reported. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (RUSSIA ANIMALS CRIME LAW) 

A trader displays a falcon in a Riyadh market November 5, 2009. These birds of prey will change hands for anywhere between hundreds to millions of riyals (100 riyals = $26). REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed (SAUDI ARABIA SOCIETY ANIMALS) 

A golden eagle is seen during the opening day of Internacional falconry fair in Guillena, near Seville July 23, 2009. The fair will run until July 26. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN ANIMALS) 

A long-eared owl opens its beak during the opening day of the International Falconry fair in Guillena, near Seville July 23, 2009. The fair will run until July 26. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A golden eagle is seen during the opening day of the International Falconry fair in Guillena, near Seville July 23, 2009. The fair will run until July 26. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A man holds a golden eagle during the opening day of International Falconry fair in Guillena, near Seville July 23, 2009. The fair will run until July 26. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A man holds a golden eagle during the opening day of International Falconry fair in Guillena, near Seville July 23, 2009. The fair will run until July 26. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A man walks with his hunting falcon in a desert near Abu Simbel, some 1,300 km south of Cairo, February 18, 2009. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (EGYPT) 

A man looks on as his hunting falcon eats a pigeon in a desert near Abu Simbel, some 1300 km south of Cairo, February 18, 2009. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (EGYPT) 

A golden eagle tries to catch a hare during a Kazakh hunters festival in Ak Bulak some 35 km (22 miles) east of Almaty February 15, 2009. Hunting with birds, such as golden eagles and hawks, is very popular in Kazakhstan and has become a national sport in the Central Asian state. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN) 

A Kazakh hunter releases a golden eagle during a hunters' festival in Ak Bulak some 35 km (22 miles) east of Almaty February 15, 2009. Hunting with birds, such as golden eagles and hawks, is very popular in Kazakhstan and has become a national sport in the Central Asian state. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN) 

A hawk lands on the arm of a falconer during a falconry demonstration in Tokyo January 2, 2009. The display of Japan's traditional falconry was held on Friday as a part of New Year celebrations. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN) 

An owl flies off the arm of a falconer during a falconry demonstration in Tokyo January 2, 2009. The display of Japan's traditional falconry was held on Friday as a part of new year celebrations. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN) 

A falconer flies a hawk during a falconry demonstration in Tokyo January 2, 2009. The display of Japan's traditional falconry was held on Friday as a part of New Year celebrations. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN) 

A hawk wears a blinder during a falconry demonstration in Tokyo January 2, 2009. The display of Japan's traditional falconry was held on Friday as a part of New Year celebrations. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN) 

U.S. President George W. Bush is shown a falcon owned by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) in the desert near Sowaihan in the United Arab Emirates January 13, 2008. Bush was the guest of honor for dinner at a desert encampment at the Crown Prince's weekend getaway. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) 

U.S. President George W. Bush is shown a falcon owned by Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan in the desert near Sowaihan January 13, 2008. Bush was the guest of honor for dinner at a desert emcampment at the Crown Prince's weekend getaway. REUTES/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)