"The INTERNATIONAL EAGLE AUSTRINGERS ASSOCIATION's Mission and Purpose are: to improve, aid, promote and encourage competency in the art and practice of the use of eagles for falconry among interested persons. We further declare that our purpose is to provide a resource of data and personnel that are knowledgeable concerning the behavior, habits, care, handling, breeding and hunting with both wild and domestically bred eagles of all species, to promote conservation of eagles, their habitat and prey base species and to ensure recognition of eagle falconry as a legal and legitimate field pursuit, to establish traditions which will aid, perpetuate, and further the welfare of eagle falconry and the raptors it employs. Additionally, we declare that we shall be ready and available to assist authorities and individuals in all matters concerning the legal and ethical use of eagles in falconry.”
