Mongolia 4000 Falcons Domesticated Tradition Facing Lost

According to "Washington Post" reported that in Mongolia to rely on a group of falcon hunting for a living. They live in sparsely populated, barren land Altai mountains. Pictured after a successful hunt, prey falconry division with the most precious parts of the body - the lungs reward the hunting of "hero", his face showing a trace of pride look.

Falcon's legs wearing exquisite handmade ornaments.

Falconry division must be very young when he started training and their feelings from the eagle. Training a falcon usually takes 3-4 years time, the whole process of domestication can only be done by one person, the only way to fully trust between birds and humans.

Falcon has been domesticated at least 4,000 years of traditional history. Today, this unique tradition is facing extinction embarrassment. Currently, the world's only remaining approximately 70 Falconry division. Since the Altai perennial isolated, this tradition was able to spread so far in Mongolia

Falcon's life is usually around 40 years. For the nomads on the prairie, the Falcons like family.

Asholpan 13 years old, her father is a very good teacher of falconry. She is probably the world's only remaining 70 Falconry only female division.

Falconry tradition from generation to generation on the Mongolian steppe. Falcons can not be fully tamed, falconry and falcon division must cultivate deep feelings, and in the process teach Falcons how to more accurately capture.

The need to go very far when hunting, except falcon, falconry division will bring horses or camels.

If someone caught the fox, the whole tribe will celebrate together. Fox as a trophy, will be wearing a falconry division and his family in the body. Often in temperatures well below zero in the grasslands, the fox is a good tool to keep out the cold.

Riding is a skill all Falconry teacher must master. Teachers need Falconry hunting on horseback, because only the horse can haunt them into prey.

Although the Falcons can kill young pups, but their main prey or foxes and small animals.

Two Falconry Falcon with their teacher away on horseback. Air cold, distant several overlapping peaks. For these Falconry division, the falconry has become the meaning of their existence.