PURPOSE: To improve or protect the wild viability and captive propagation of species and native habitats essential to the practice of falconry.
PLANNED ACTIVITIES:
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Engage in conservation partnerships to provide organizational support to ongoing research relevant to falconry raptors, prey species or habitats
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Improve or protect the viability of wild raptor and game species necessary for falconry, especially those deemed by science to be threatened with extinction or in danger of becoming so
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Support the development of vaccines or other medical interventions to protect falconry raptors from disease
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Support captive propagation efforts by private and public entities for raptor or game species used in falconry
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Effect through purchase, conservation easement, or other means the conservation of habitats necessary for viable raptor and game species necessary for falconry
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Study habitats necessary for healthy raptor populations
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Be responsive to negative environmental externalities, i.e., the BP spill in the Gulf, that may impact migrating raptors