Purposes: peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) 1. Name and address of the owner and manager of the captive breeding operation:

• Main Author: David Knutson
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Canada; Falconer; Pacific; Falco peregrinus; peregrine falcon; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.646.502; http://www.cites.org/sites/default/files/common/cop/15/doc/E15-41-01A13.pdf

of parental breeding stock: All peregrine parental stock was bred in captivity in the United States between 1996 and 2007, with the exception of one male and one female peregrine imported into the United States from Canada in 2003 and 2004. The list of parental breeding stock is attached (Attachment 1). The operation maintains 14 founders (7.7). All parental stock was imported, purchased, transferred, or bred by the applicant. Each parent has a closed U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) leg band, or a Canadian leg band for the imported birds. 5. Range State evidence that parental stock was obtained in accordance with the relevant national laws: The range of the peregrine falcon extends into the United States. Falco peregrinus anatum ranges from Canada to northern Mexico. Falco peregrinus pealei is found along the coastal Pacific Northwest from Washington to western Alaska (White et al. 2002). The applicant has been licensed by the USFWS as a breeder of peregrine falcons, gyrfalcons, and hybrids since 1997 (license number: MB834663-0), as well as being licensed as a master falconer (license number: MB695833-0). With the exception of a male and a female peregrine imported from Canada (specimen numbers CW011535 and CX011252), the peregrine parental stock was acquired from other USFWS-licensed raptor breeders/falconers in the United States. All parental specimens are captive bred in the U.S. or Canada.