Falcon auction sales in Saudi Arabia exceed $12m in six years

RIYADH: The National Center for Falcons will host its seventh annual auction of locally trapped falcons from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 in Riyadh. The auction has generated around SR45.3 million ($12 million) from the sale of 455 falcons since 2020, and regularly attracts hundreds of falconers from across the Kingdom. The auction was launched in 2020, when it generated SR10 million from 102 falcons. In 2021, SR8.3 million was spent on 95 falcons, with 237 falconers participating. In 2022, sales totaled S