{"id":1717,"date":"2017-09-04T20:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/intern\/sportsoptics\/hunting\/en\/?p=1717"},"modified":"2024-06-20T10:20:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T10:20:49","slug":"joy-of-falconry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.zeiss.com\/sports-optics\/hunting\/en\/joy-of-falconry\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of Falconry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Unique Relationship between Humans and Animals<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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For Sandra Jung, falconry and hunting allows her to be as close as possible to nature. Sandra discovered her passion for birds of prey at the age of just 16 when she began working voluntarily at weekends for a falconry centre. Sandra subsequently acquired her hunting qualification and falconry licence in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now the business management student runs\u00a0a small bird of prey operation business between Cologne and D\u00fcsseldorf\u00a0with her boyfriend Benedikt Nyssen. It all began four years ago with the Harris Hawk Dexter, named after TV serial killer Dexter Morgan. As time went on, the Harris Hawk has been joined by a female, Tequila, along with Linus the white-faced owl, Soraya the Saker falcon, Elise the jackal buzzard, Kayla the Andean eagle, Raja the steppe eagle and Milo the American bald eagle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The fascinating thing about falconry is the\u00a0unique relationship that develops between humans and animals. The bird is a free creature, you can\u2019t force it to do anything and yet it decides to work voluntarily with you\u2019, Sandra Jung commented to us when we were invited to join her on her rounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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