![]() Now, the Fish and Wildlife Service and its conservation partners are scrambling to devise emergency strategies to protect the remaining condors from contracting a virus that has already killed hundreds of millions of poultry and untold numbers of wild birds around the world, according to a recent World Economic Forum report. That’s nearly 20% of the 116 condors that were patrolling the skies above Grand Canyon and Zion National Parks. Now, however, the majestic scavengers are facing a biological catastrophe they may not be able to overcome.įederal wildlife officials have confirmed that an outbreak of avian influenza has killed 21 condors in Arizona and Utah since early March. ![]() Today, there are 183 in California and 541 on the planet. ![]() Fish and Wildlife Service began a captive breeding effort in the early 1980s. ![]() Famed for its bald, leathery visage and astonishing wingspan, the federally endangered California condor symbolizes both a species on the brink of extinction and a thundering success story for conservationists. ![]()
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