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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Finalizes Environmental Assessment on Allowing Falconers to Remove and Possess Migratory Peregrine Falcons from the Wild

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February 19, 2022
Updated: February 19, 2022

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released the Final Environmental Assessment and Management Plan (FEA) allowing the limited removal and possession of migrant first-year "Northern" (predominantly Arctic subspecies) peregrine falcons from the wild for use in the sport of falconry.

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