In this forest thick with trees up to 600 years old lives the southernmost population of the California condor (Gymnogyps ...

Condor’s death ‘premature and preventable ... and about 50 percent (die from lead poisoning), both in California and the Southwest,” Hauck said. “We have to focus our efforts on the ...

Poisoning by ingestion of lead shot — scavenged along with carcasses left behind by hunters — is one of the most widespread and preventable causes of condor deaths. The Center's Get the Lead Out ...

Last year was an exceptional milestone for the Central California condor flock, as nine wild chicks fledged from their ...

Last week, in a press release, the Northern California Condor Restoration Program (NCCRP) re-released condor A9 back into the wild after the two-and-a-half-year-old bird spent 22 days at the ...

Last year was an exceptional milestone for the Central California condor flock ... condors’ mortality after ingesting lead from animal carcasses. Lead poisoning has been linked to the mortality ...

Scavenger birds like the California condor and the bald eagle who feed on carcasses are also at particular risk of lead poisoning because the bullet fragments into hundreds of tiny pieces when it ...