Editing Falconry (section)

==Artificial selection and domestication==
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Some believe that no species of raptor have been in captivity long enough to have undergone successful selective breeding for desired traits. Captive breeding of raptors over several generations tends to result, either deliberately, or inevitably as a result of captivity, in selection for certain traits, including:
* Ability to survive in captivity
* Ability to breed in captivity
* Suitability (in most cases) for interactions with humans for falconry: Birds that demonstrated an unwillingness to hunt with men were most often discarded, rather than being placed in breeding projects
* With gyrfalcons in areas away from their natural Arctic [[tundra]] [[Habitat (ecology)|habitat]], better [[immunology|disease resistance]]
* With gyrfalcons, feather color<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to Canada's oldest and most successful gyrfalcon breeding establishment |url=http://www.falconscanada.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230114821/http://falconscanada.com/ |archive-date=2013-12-30 |access-date=2013-09-20}}</ref>