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This Saudi prince bought first-class tickets for his falcons, and the photo’s going viral

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The United Arab Emirates is one of the regions where falconry is a popular sport, for which the birds are bred in high numbers there. Wondering why is this picture of falcons on a plane is going viral? (Source: Lensoo/Reddit) We have often seen people being extremely possessive about their pets. These are people for whom nobody else matters as much as their pets, so much so, they’ll take them along even when they travel. And according to a photo that’s going hugely viral, that’s exactly what a Saudi Arabian prince did too — travel with his pets. Just that, he did it the royal way — by flying his pet falcons, all 80 of them, in first class! You heard us! ALSO READ |  After Arvind Subramanian, Twitterati comes up with hilarious ‘aims of demonetization’ The Middle East countries are known to have wild and dangerous animals like cheetahs, tigers and