Four falcons seized from bus in Peshawar.

PESHAWAR -- The wildlife department recovered four falcons from a Karachi-bound bus here on Tuesday, officials said.

Chief conservator wildlife Dr Mohsin Farooqi said that two saker and two peregrine falcons, which had been declared protected, were confiscated by the staff of the forest division Peshawar. He said the two pairs of falcons were kept in boxes, adding the birds were apparently being shifted to Karachi.

He said falcons...