Posted by
BLOGASSAULT on Sunday, May 17, 2009 10:27:07 PM
The State of California is still saying that the
number one killer of condors is lead poisoning. But how many condors have died?
No. 286's death was the second fatal lead poisoning of a Pinnacles condor in just over six months, and lead poisoning is suspected in a third. A fourth bird was recently treated and released. Fourteen condors have died from lead poisoning in California since 1992.
Fourteen? I feel bad that the condors died but come on, fourteen since 1992? How many do you suppose died naturally in the last seventeen years? Thnk they even know?