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Discusses the work of Abrar Mirza, the conservator of wildlife for the Province of Sind in Pakistan, who has the difficult job of protecting the endangered bird called houbara bustard from the many rich and powerful Arab sheikhs and princes who love to hunt them. His delicate job of monitoring the Arab hunts; How the birds migrate to Pakistan each November; How Pakistanis themselves have been prohibited from killing the houbara since 1972; More.

The article examines the diplomatic value of hunting Asian houbara or Macqueen's bustard, which the International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies as vulnerable to extinction, to Pakistan. Topics discussed include amount paid by each hunting party to be assigned a territory and for a ten-day permit authorising the killing of 100 birds, reaction of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan to the hunting, and remarks from lawyer Parvez Hassan about a ban on hunting bustard.

The article discusses the Red List of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) which shows that Houbara bustard is a threatened species and is at a high risk of extinction.

The article discusses various topics related to plants and animals, commenting on the activities of houbara bustards to attract females, the symbiotic relationship between plants and fungi, and extinct marine reptiles called plesiosaurs. The author also examines the opossum family, or Didelphidae, noting its diet and venom resistance.

Reports that the Scotland-based University of Abertay Dundee's school of molecular and life sciences is battling to save the endangered Houbara bustard whose native habitat is being threatened by human encroachment. Assistance in a huge captive breeding program of a Morocco-based foundation.

Notes the continued killing of the endangered houbara bird of Pakistan by Arab sheiks, for use as an aphrodisiac. Protest by Pakistani Syed Babar Ali, a World Conservation Union IUCN vice president; IUCN; More.