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What caused the elimination of peregrine falcons in the east of the U.S.? What brought them back?

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Peregrine falcon numbers went to zero in the East due to DDT and other pesticides. Their numbers began coming back due to the work of Heinz Meng, who raised the birds in captivity and released them into the wild by a technique called hacking.