The Peregrine Fund is a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving birds of prey from extinction. Established in 1970, the Peregrine Fund is located at the World Center for Birds of Prey, a 580-acre site in Boise, Idaho. The campus includes an interpretive center, falconry archives and breeding facilities that currently produce chicks from captive flocks of endangered Aplomado falcons and California condors.
Throughout the world, birds of prey are threatened by shooting, poisoning and loss of habitat. Saving these birds is an effective means of conserving the rich diversity of life that is critical to the future health of the planet and the well-being of generations to come.
When it became clear in the 1960s that peregrine falcons, bald eagles and other birds of prey were in trouble, the organization set its sights on stopping the slide to extinction. The Peregrine Fund pioneered methods of breeding peregrine falcons in captivity and successfully releasing them to the wild. Almost 30 years later, the peregrine falcon was removed from the U.S. Endangered Species List. In the past, the fund has produced Mauritius kestrels, harpy eagles and other rare and endangered birds of prey for release to the wild.
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