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 ...

Juvenile California condor No. 957 fledged the holding pen on Nov. 19, ... (VWS), five of the birds that have perished in 2021 were victims of the No. 1 cause of condor deaths – lead poisoning.

“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 ...

A California state ban on lead ammunition in big-game hunting within the condor’s habitat went into effect in 2008, largely due to efforts of condor conservationists.

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 ...

One of the most endangered birds in the world, the California condor, has crept back from the brink of extinction through a strenuous three-decade conservation effort. But conservationists say the ...

"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 ...