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PHOENIX (AP) — Twenty California condors in northern Arizona and southern Utah have died since March, and half of the endangered birds tested positive for a strain of avian flu, according to authorities.
Four condors are still receiving supportive care and have shown improvement. But wildlife officials told The Arizona Republic that they are worried the recent outbreak could potentially spread to other condor populations.
So far, authorities say, the virus hasn’t been detected in the other condor populations in California or Baja California, Mexico.
The Peregrine Fund, a group that manages wild populations of the bird, estimates there are 116 wild condors flying over Arizona and Utah and occupying the landscape within Grand Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, on the Kaibab Plateau and in surrounding areas.
“The condor is slow to mature, taking up to eight years before they can produce young, and with an average of one young every other year, the rate of replacement for a loss in the wild is a big impact,” Chris Parish, president and CEO of the Peregrine Fund, told the Republic. “Given the total number of birds we eventually lose and the age structure of those lost will have a tremendous impact on the recovery effort, likely to take decades.”
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Gonna call B.S. on this one...after all it is an Associated Press article and everyone knows the AP is a lying pack of Scumbags (IMHO) I bet Windmills Hacked the Condors up, along with all the other massive bird killings that these "Feathered Friends"... Meat Grinders"... Kill in a ""day"".... aka The MSM Scum will not tell you about that..you would have to google it....most Lemmings wont. ;)
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