This question has a built in perceived untruth. That being that falconers take endangered species out of the wild for falconry use. This is not the case. As the regulations stand, falconers are not allowed to take endangered species out of the wild. Falconry has been practiced a long time and world wide. Great strides in the knowledge of raptors has come about through the practice. One of these includes the captive breeding of raptors. US falconers were the first ones to successfully breed peregrine falcons in captivity. All this was before they were endangered and were in fact classified by the US government as vermin. Falconers and their birds were nothing more than pests at best. Right now, the anatum peregrine falcon is still listed as endangered by the Federal Government and so is not available to falconers from the wild. Falconers are still able to fly such birds as they have had some birds in possession from before listing and have been breeding them. The peregrine also includes several subspecies which are not listed as endangered (Peales and Tundrius). The peales was never listed and for some time has been available to falconers to take as eyasses if they were available to them. However due to the location of nesting grounds, these were limited to Alaskans. The peregrine is the species usually talked about when asked about falconers and endangered species.

-Tod Herman