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-----Original Message-----
From: richard stern <rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Date: November 10, 1999 4:00 PM
Subject: letter re: peregrines


>I have sent this, including my reply and a suggestion that they all write
>too, to the Canadian Birding Chat Line web site, various birders, and my
>reply only to the Federal Minister of the Environment--
>
>
>THIS CAME OVER THE NEW BRUNWICK NATURE LINE.I think this is something we
>should all know about. Some of you may already know. It concerns the
>plan to net Perigrine Falcons on the Eastern Seaboard by the US fish and
>wildlife service, up to 250 falcons are planned to be taken to be sold
>to falconers for hunting. what next.............? Makes you sick really.
>
>Subject:
>        Re: U.S. plans to net Canadian falcons - draft letter
>  Date:
>        Tue, 9 Nov 1999 22:39:13 -0400
>  From:
>        Paul Mortimer <mortpm@NBNET.NB.CA>
>
>
>David Christie <MarysPt@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote, in part
>
><<Don McAlpine got the address for submitting comments on the proposal
>to net up to 250 Peregrine Falcons for falconers. Comments should be
>sent to: Chief, Office of Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and
>Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 634, Arlington,
>Virginia 22203. Since this coming Friday is the deadline, fax
>(703-358-2272) or e-mail to George Allen
><george_allen@fws.gov> would be more timely than regular mail.>>
>
>Dear Sir,
>
>    I understand that you are about to start capturing Peregrine falcons
>along the Eastern Seaboard of the USA in order to sell them to falconers. I
>also understand that you hope to capture mostly birds bred in the Canadian
>Arctic and Greenland, on migration. This species still maintains a very
>tenuous toe-hold in terms of breeding success, in spite of it no longer
>being on the endangered species list in the USA. It has taken since the DDT
>era at the end of World War ll to achieve this desirable result, and it has
>only been possible with a great deal of help through captive breeding
>programs, largely here in Canada. It is a magnificent bird, the fastest in
>the world, and a great joy to all naturalists to observe. I therefore wish
>to express my great displeasure and alarm at this proposal, and urge that
it
>be halted immediately. Perhaps if it were really felt necessary to provide
>Peregrine falcons to falconers, you could consider starting a captive
>breeding program in the USA specifically for this purpose.
>
>    Yours faithfully,
>
>
>
>
>Richard Stern
>Kentville
>NS, Canada
>rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca
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