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The 16-year-old peregrine falcon known as Dorothy looks into the 40th floor of the Cathedral of Learning as veterinarians work on a 19-day-old chick from the nest at the University of Pittsburgh skyscraper in May 2015. The chick was retrieved from its nest on the 40th floor of the Cathedral in order to get a veterinary check-up and receive a tracking band.
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After reintroducing and protecting the peregrine falcon for more than 40 years, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is in the process of removing the world’s fastest animal from threatened status.