The following is a press release from the Yurok Tribe: In January, Northern California Condor Restoration Program (NCCRP) condor B7, Pey-noh-pey-o-wok’ (I am friend or kind or good natured) was ...

A young California condor from the L.A. Zoo had been flying freely for only three months when he died after ingesting a lead ... can live as long as 70 years. Unfortunately, lead poisoning, ...

Lead poisoning killed a California condor in January 2023, the Ventana Wildlife Society says. A law requires hunters to use lead-free ammunition.

California condor dies from lead poisoning. Story by The Times-Standard • 1mo. The following is a press release from the ...

A California condor, known as Pey-noh-pey-o-wok', has died from lead poisoning just months after being released into the wild as part of the Yurok Tribe's Northern California Condor Restoration ...

“Currently, California condors are tagged and monitored, trapped twice a year for blood tests, and when necessary treated for lead poisoning in veterinary hospitals, and they still die from lead ...

The first California condor to hatch and take flight in Zion National Park died of lead poisoning just shy of its fifth birthday. Dubbed “1K” in 2020 because it was the 1,000th bird trapped ...

The Yurok tribe says the condor died of lead poisoning after eating a bullet. The 18-month-old condor had only started flying in recent months. Officials say lead is a main threat to condors in ...

But stopping the poisoning before condors eat lead remains key. Condor crews closely monitor the birds' movements; if they suspect the birds are "wild foraging" on a carcass, they will visit the ...

Advocates are warning about the dangers of lead-based ammunition on wildlife after an endangered California condor died earlier this year from lead poisoning in Zion National Park.

A California condor that had recently been released from a rehabilitation program has died from lead poisoning.. The Yurok Tribal Government announced the death of Pey-noh-pey-o-wok (which means ...