Photographer Steve Melville captured the moment the peregrine falcon caught its prey The moment a peregrine falcon caught a live pigeon has been captured by a photographer. Steve Melville took the ...

In Cyprus of the Middle Ages, falconry was considered a sport for the nobility, it was the epitome of hunting methods and the ultimate way to capture prey. It was a status symbol.

Diko MP Chrysanthos Savvides on Wednesday proposed that Cyprus legalise falconry and hunting using other birds of prey, with the aim of stemming the growth in the Paphos district’s pigeon ...