(Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press)
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.Just 22 condors existed when the U.S. 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.Just 22 condors existed when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began a captive breeding effort in the early 1980s.
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