[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: May 18, 1994]
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                        MADAGASCAR SERPENT-EAGLE

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                         HON. MICHAEL D. CRAPO

                                of idaho

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 18, 1994

  Mr. CRAPO. Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the Peregrine 
Fund for the work and support they have provided to Madagascar in their 
work on endangered species. The Peregrine Fund is best known for their 
efforts to recover the peregrine falcon. Very few people know that this 
is an international conservation organization which has worked in over 
30 countries around the world. The discovery in November 1993 of the 
Madagascar serpent-eagle is an excellent milestone for this 
organization.
  Madagascar is one of the world's top ten conservation priorities. 
Three of the world's most endangered birds of prey exist there. The 
Peregrine Fund has been working in Madagascar since 1990 to conserve 
these species and their wetland and rainforest habitats. For the first 
time since 1930, when early explorers shot the last specimen of the 
Madagascar serpent-eagle, Peregrine Fund biologists have captured and 
released for study this very rare eagle.
  Mr. Speaker, I would also like to add a brief side note about Boise 
State University's involvement with the Peregrine Fund. Very few people 
know that Boise State University is the only university in the world 
where one can obtain a masters degree in raptor biology. Russell 
Thorstrom, the biologist who saw the eagle, received this degree in 
1993 from Boise State University.
  Finally, the Peregrine Fund's project is funded by the Liz Claiborne 
and Art Ortenberg Foundation, Environment Now, the John D. and 
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the U.S. Agency for 
International Development.

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