Has international cooperation by other countries played a critical role in the recovery of the American peregrine falcon?
Yes, Canada has played a significant role in the American peregrine falcon success story in North America. Canada actually restricted the use of DDT in 1970, two years before the United States. It listed the American peregrine falcon giving it legal protection, wrote a recovery plan and formed a recovery team to implement the recovery measures prescribed in the plan. Canada also developed captive breeding and release programs that helped accelerate the recovery of the American peregrine falcon in Canada. By 1995 Canada had 319 known pairs surpassing its recovery goal of 60 pairs by 341. Although Mexico never listed the American peregrine falcon, it has supported the research of both breeding and migrating peregrines by both American, Canadian, and Mexican biologists.
