10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

And they were the ones who, at the end of the conference, decided to get together and talk about the possibility of breeding Peregrines in captivity as a way of at least saving the species from extinction.” Feature photo of Tom Cade with Mauritius Kestrel by Carl Jones used by permission of The Peregrine Fund.

Falcons 177

Falcons California Condor Alaska Idaho 177

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

But you can take solace in the results at the end of the breeding year, when loafing around the intertidal are a shiny new cohort of finely plumage grey youngsters, all ready to carry on Western Gull line into the future. The initial solution in New Zealand was to move species to islands where mammals hadn’t reached.

Animal Rights 261

Animal Rights Rights Animal New Zealand 261

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2011

It worked, and the translocated birds were soon breeding. Today the species is secure on a large number of islands and reserves. The few birds that had been found in the southern Fiorldands had all been males, leading some to fear that the species might be functionally extinct.

Species 224

Species New Zealand Rats Seychelles 224