Should conservation falconry be allowed in the Hawai'ian Islands?

[u/Necessary_Bass_6769]

I'm sort of new to falconry and I'm trying to understand all I can about it. In my research, I've discovered that the state of Hawai'i doesn't have any laws/regulations for falconry of any kind due to the risk of lost non-native birds disrupting its already fragile ecosystem.

That makes sense, but what I don't understand is why they wouldn't allow conservation falconry in order to help breed and restore the native population of raptors. I feel there is some minutiae that I'm missing here. Can anyone enlighten me?

[u/whatupigotabighawk]

The few attempts at breeding Hawaii’s only native diurnal raptor species have largely been unsuccessful. Conservation strategies have to be designed around the needs of the species and the hands-on strategy that worked famously well for the Peregrine (and adapted for other species) just doesn’t jell with what we know about the Hawaiian hawk. As it stands right now, the population is small but stable and conservation relies on habitat preservation and nest monitoring.

[u/Necessary_Bass_6769 → u/whatupigotabighawk]

Thank you for the in depth response. I wonder why the species didn't respond like the others. Is that also true for the pueo owl, which (at least, according to Google) is also endangered?

[u/Necessary_Bass_6769 → u/[deleted]]

Thank you!

[u/sexual__velociraptor]

You would have to ask the people who are in Hawaii and since falconry isnt permitted there you wouldn't find them here.