News: Saudi Royal Prince kills 2k+ endangered birds in Pakistan

Story in the Huffington Post today about a royal prince from Saudi Arabia who was allowed to hunt endangered Houbara Bustards in Pakistan and ended his "hunt" by killing around 2,100 of them.

A Saudi prince reportedly hunted and killed about 2,000 houbara bustards -- birds that are considered to be on the brink of extinction -- during a safari in Pakistan earlier this year.

Prince Fahd bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud hunted a total of 1,977 birds, which are globally protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, Dawn News reports. An additional 123 bustards were killed by local representatives, bringing the hunt’s death total to 2,100.....

Read the rest at the Huffington Post