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Animals in Kurdistan

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:59 pm
Author: unitedkurdistan
What kinds of animals do we have in Kurdistan?
I know we had bears, but i don't know if we still have bears or if they are all dead. WE did have lions but i think they are all gone now.
Of course we have many wolfs, i remember my father saying how hungry wolfes came in the cold winters to the village. But they are much fewer wolfs now, ilegal hunting, persian, turks bombing the mountains. Before the wolfes came in number like 10-13, now it's maybe 5-4. I know we have many turtles, capricorns,some leopards, ram, wild goat, hyena, jackal, fox, sable, weasel and such birds as the partridge, wild duck, stork, parrot and eagle, turkey, big lake fish.
What else do we have?

Re: Animals in Kurdistan

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:37 pm
Author: jjmuneer
We have Falcons, our national emblem of course and I know we got Bats. In Kermanshah at night they fly about everywhere, lol I love it. I also saw alot of snakes, erww.

Re: Animals in Kurdistan

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:38 pm
Author: Piling
In Dersim I saw many jackdaws and magpies, beside storks (i saw a bear also, that coward ran so fast I could not take a pic). In Hasankeyf there are many small hawks.
I know there are panthers in Mount Shirin, but never went up.

My favorite Kurdish animal is… donkeys :D They are so brave and cute !

Re: Animals in Kurdistan

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:40 pm
Author: jjmuneer
Piling wrote:In Dersim I saw many jackdaws and magpies, beside storks (i saw a bear also, that coward ran so fast I could not take a pic). In Hasankeyf there are many small hawks.
I know there are panthers in Mount Shirin, but never went up.

My favorite Kurdish animal is… donkeys :D They are so brave and cute !

:lol: Mine is Faclon, because they are like our spies :P We also have Kurdish dogs, I forgot their name.

Re: Animals in Kurdistan

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:12 pm
Author: Rando
jjmuneer wrote:
Piling wrote:In Dersim I saw many jackdaws and magpies, beside storks (i saw a bear also, that coward ran so fast I could not take a pic). In Hasankeyf there are many small hawks.
I know there are panthers in Mount Shirin, but never went up.

My favorite Kurdish animal is… donkeys :D They are so brave and cute !

:lol: Mine is Faclon, because they are like our spies :P We also have Kurdish dogs, I forgot their name.

Do you mean kengal dog? :D

Re: Animals in Kurdistan

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:44 pm
Author: jjmuneer
Rando wrote:
jjmuneer wrote:
Piling wrote:In Dersim I saw many jackdaws and magpies, beside storks (i saw a bear also, that coward ran so fast I could not take a pic). In Hasankeyf there are many small hawks.
I know there are panthers in Mount Shirin, but never went up.

My favorite Kurdish animal is… donkeys :D They are so brave and cute !

:lol: Mine is Faclon, because they are like our spies :P We also have Kurdish dogs, I forgot their name.

Do you mean kengal dog? :D

Yes lol, I forgot the name.

Re: Animals in Kurdistan

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:13 pm
Author: unitedkurdistan
jjmuneer wrote:
Piling wrote:In Dersim I saw many jackdaws and magpies, beside storks (i saw a bear also, that coward ran so fast I could not take a pic). In Hasankeyf there are many small hawks.
I know there are panthers in Mount Shirin, but never went up.

My favorite Kurdish animal is… donkeys :D They are so brave and cute !

:lol: Mine is Faclon, because they are like our spies :P We also have Kurdish dogs, I forgot their name.


Do you mean Kangal dog?

Re: Animals in Kurdistan

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:15 pm
Author: Kurdistano
Piling wrote:In Dersim I saw many jackdaws and magpies, beside storks (i saw a bear also, that coward ran so fast I could not take a pic). In Hasankeyf there are many small hawks.
I know there are panthers in Mount Shirin, but never went up.

My favorite Kurdish animal is… donkeys :D They are so brave and cute !


horses are more favorable. I like them more :D

Re: Animals in Kurdistan

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:15 pm
Author: unitedkurdistan
Kurdistano wrote:
Piling wrote:In Dersim I saw many jackdaws and magpies, beside storks (i saw a bear also, that coward ran so fast I could not take a pic). In Hasankeyf there are many small hawks.
I know there are panthers in Mount Shirin, but never went up.

My favorite Kurdish animal is… donkeys :D They are so brave and cute !


horses are more favorable. I like them more :D


Do you think we still have wildhorses in kurdistan?

Re: Animals in Kurdistan

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:17 pm
Author: unitedkurdistan
Yes, we also have Van cat. It's origin is of course Van.

Re: Animals in Kurdistan

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:19 pm
Author: Azamat
unitedkurdistan wrote:Yes, we also have Van cat. It's origin is of course Van.
Pan-Armenian thievist obstacle detected.

Re: Animals in Kurdistan

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:22 pm
Author: unitedkurdistan
Rando wrote:
jjmuneer wrote:
Piling wrote:In Dersim I saw many jackdaws and magpies, beside storks (i saw a bear also, that coward ran so fast I could not take a pic). In Hasankeyf there are many small hawks.
I know there are panthers in Mount Shirin, but never went up.

My favorite Kurdish animal is… donkeys :D They are so brave and cute !

:lol: Mine is Faclon, because they are like our spies :P We also have Kurdish dogs, I forgot their name.

Do you mean kengal dog? :D


I heard Kengal dog is the biggest dog in the world? Is this true?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw7zOoJsY_I&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1    I don't know if that is a skinny polar bear or the kengal.

Re: Animals in Kurdistan

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:23 pm
Author: unitedkurdistan
Azamat wrote:
unitedkurdistan wrote:Yes, we also have Van cat. It's origin is of course Van.
Pan-Armenian thievist obstacle detected.


what do you mean?

Re: Animals in Kurdistan

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:38 pm
Author: jjmuneer
Kengal dog is one of the biggest dogs in the world, but not sure if it is the biggest.

Re: Animals in Kurdistan

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:39 pm
Author: Kurdistano
unitedkurdistan wrote:
Kurdistano wrote:
Piling wrote:In Dersim I saw many jackdaws and magpies, beside storks (i saw a bear also, that coward ran so fast I could not take a pic). In Hasankeyf there are many small hawks.
I know there are panthers in Mount Shirin, but never went up.

My favorite Kurdish animal is… donkeys :D They are so brave and cute !


horses are more favorable. I like them more :D


Do you think we still have wildhorses in kurdistan?


Do you believe we still have wild donkeys in Kurdistan :lol:

Of course we have wild horses :D