Chris Merkord Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Today 234 California condors are living in the wild, 194 of them captive bred. George Lamson/Shutterstock The California condor, the largest bird in North America, was saved from extinction by a captive breeding program that increased its numbers in the wild. But now the condor is facing a new and pernicious threat — the lead from bullets used by game hunters. On April 16, 2013 a bill to ban lead hunting ammo in California passed its first hurdle when the Parks and Wildlife Committee of the state assembly approved it by a 9 to 5 vote. Without such a ban, extinction of the California condor is inevitable, according to a 2012 study by the National Academy of Sciences. Read more: http://e360.yale.edu/feature/will_lead_in_bullets_finally_kill_off_california_condor/2647/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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