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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

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That summer of 1938, when he was ten years old, Cade read of two brothers, Frank and John Craighead, who wrote of their experiences with falcons in National Geographic. Feature photo of Tom Cade with Mauritius Kestrel by Carl Jones used by permission of The Peregrine Fund. It was there where the first glimpse of his future began.

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The man who saved species

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The experience was to prove critical the following year when introduced rats reached crisis levels on the remaining island of the South Island Saddleback. In the case of the Kakapo each and every nest ended up being followed with eggs being moved around and even chick taken into captivity where needed.

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