Endangered Peregrine Falcon

The Peregrine Falcon, once numerous throughout North America, could possibly become extinct. This is due to the effects of chemical pesticides such as DDT (which has been banned from the United States and Canada but not in all countries). The Peregrine Falcon population has suffered a dramatic decline over the past decades, and is presently on the list of endangered species in both Canada and the United States.
Endangered throughout Canada. Populations in southern Canada were established with captive bred young and remain small. Twenty years ago there were no breeding pairs in southern…