Welcome to The Peregrine Fund, an organization founded in 1970 by Tom Cade who was then the Professor of Ornithology at Cornell University. The Peregrine Fund developed from the shared concern that the Peregrine Falcon might go extinct in the wild if nothing was done.

Welcome to The Peregrine Fund, an organization founded in 1970 by Tom Cade who was then the Professor of Ornithology at Cornell University. The Peregrine Fund developed from the shared concern that the Peregrine Falcon might go extinct in the wild if nothing was done. Our initial work was to learn how to breed falcons in captivity, with the idea the young could be released in the wild to re-establish the Peregrine in the eastern United States where it was already gone and to bolster the greatly diminished western populations. Our name came from a financial account at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology--the peregrine fund account. In 1984, we consolidated our Cornell facility and our Ft. Collins, Colorado facility to our current location in Boise, Idaho--the World Center for Birds of Prey.

Help the Snowy Owl, Earthlings Adopt a snowy owl today at the Defenders.org Wildlife Adoption Center. Take Action for Wildlife at the Wildlife Action Center. Help preserve the owls at the PeregrineFund.org ...