{"id":523202,"date":"2026-09-08T10:21:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T14:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=523202"},"modified":"2026-09-08T10:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T14:23:10","slug":"father-pays-408000-for-rare-white-falcon-to-fulfill-daughters-wish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/father-pays-408000-for-rare-white-falcon-to-fulfill-daughters-wish\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Father pays $408,000 for rare white falcon to fulfill daughter\u2019s wish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A father paid 1.5 million dirhams, about $408,000, for a rare white falcon to fulfill his daughter\u2019s special wish during a bird auction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The girl accompanied her father throughout the auction and was later seen holding the majestic bird in her hands. The moment drew attention from attendees and media at the exclusive event, highlighting the strong cultural fascination with falconry in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The purchase also underscored the extraordinary prices that rare falcons can command at specialized auctions, where distinctive birds are highly valued by collectors and falconry enthusiasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-x\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just in case you hate your life already, let me make it worse for you. \ud83d\ude2d<br><br>An Emirati father spent $1.5 million, almost \u20a62 billion, buying a rare white falcon his daughter bid for at an auction in Abu Dhabi, making it the most expensive falcon ever purchased.<br><br>I\u2019m willing to bet\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VJ2hsH49Uk\">pic.twitter.com\/VJ2hsH49Uk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Treazy (@treazyblaq) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/treazyblaq\/status\/2096540416942207416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A father paid 1.5 million dirhams, about $408,000, for a rare white falcon to fulfill his daughter\u2019s special wish during a bird auction. The girl accompanied her father throughout the auction and was later seen holding the majestic bird in her hands. The moment drew attention from attendees and media at the exclusive event, highlighting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":523203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[611],"class_list":["post-523202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-deultimominuto"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2c6K","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-09-08-101511.png","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-09-08-101511.png"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}