Welcome to The Peregrine Fund

For over 50 years, The Peregrine Fund has worked to conserve birds of prey. Today, 56% of raptors are in decline globally, 32% are Threatened or Near-Threatened, and 17 species are Critically Endangered, with the high risk of going extinct in the next 50 years.

As top predators, birds of prey serve as indicators of ecosystem health while providing essential services like rodent control and disease prevention through carrion removal. 

We need raptors, and raptors need us. 

Together with our global partners and supporters, we tackle threats such as pollution, deforestation, and human–wildlife conflict, in addition to the expertise we provide in science and conservation specific to birds of prey. The result is a better world for raptors and the rest of us. The Peregrine Fund relies on science to inform conservation actions that save species.

Over the last 30 years, we repopulated a continent with Peregrine Falcons, doubled the population of Critically Endangered Ridgway’s Hawks in the Dominican Republic, and identified and addressed the cause of the Asian Vulture Crisis in the mid-2000s. Today, we work across five continents on behalf of all 561 species.

There is hope in conservation, but we have to work together. Welcome to a community of members and supporters who believe we can change the world through thoughtful engagement and evidence-based solutions.

 

Warmly,

Heather Meuleman with an ambassador Verreaux's Eagle-owl on her gloved hand.

 

Heather Meuleman's signature.


Heather Meuleman
Vice President of Development
The Peregrine Fund