After finding out my friends are afraid that their tiny dogs will be snatched/killed/eaten by birds, I try to find out if their fears are justified. What I find out instead is that a bunch of raptors – especially North American peregrine falcons – were on the edge of extinction because of the insecticides humans were using. Good news is, thanks to the efforts of organizations like the Canadian Peregrine Foundation and the Mountsberg Raptor Centre, these raptors are making a comeback. And that comeback means more than a few of them moving to the big city...

Special thanks to:

Canadian Peregrine Foundation – they worked super hard to get peregrine numbers back up from the brink by doing the extreme work of scaling down buildings to tag and protect falcons.
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Mountsberg Raptor Centre – Cool place doing great work. When a raptor gets hurt and can’t survive in the wild, this is where they go. Check it out for yourself, donate, or even volunteer!
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Conservation Halton – over 60 years of protecting watersheds, forests, and wildlife to balance natural habitats with growing communities.
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Ontario Wildlife Rescue – if you find an injured raptor (or any animal for that matter), this is who you call. (416) 436-9892
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Episode Chapters
00:00 sky coyotes!
01:28 intro/meet henry and matt
03:10 so many questions (2 questions)
03:27 falcons on my building!
04:03 the dangers of DDT to birds of prey
05:39 what are falcons doing in the big city?
06:31 do raptors kill dogs?
07:46 why are people afraid?
08:43 humans hurting raptors
09:04 what we can do to make it up to these birds
09:34 I get distracted by a horse
09:50 what to do if you find an injured raptor
10:14 sum up, call to step up

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