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Callifornia Condor Fire Relief: Donate Now!
Two chicks hatch at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park

San Diego Zoo Donates Money
to Condor Fire Relief Fund

In June 2008 lighting ignited a wildfire that burned through Big Sur, California for more than a month, charring 160,000 acres of condor territory. Two California condors died in the fire and the Ventana Wildlife Society lost specialized equipment it uses to release and monitor this critically endangered species. More...

Condor at Wild Animal Park

An international team effort

The California Condor Recovery Program is a binational program built upon a foundation of private and public partnerships managed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The goal of the Recovery Program is to establish two distinct populations in the wild and a third population in managed facilities.

The first release of conservation-bred California condors occurred in 1992 at California's Sespe Condor Sanctuary in Los Padres National Forest. California condors continue to be released back into the wild in California, Arizona, and Baja California. As of December 2007, there are 298 California condors, with 144 of those birds living in the wild.

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