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 * Group Members:Haroon Sangar and Mitchell Hightower**


 * How Will We Work Together:**


 * Research:**

Locate your animal’s habitat (Where does it live? Does it migrate?) The condor lives in the Andes (Andean Condor) and Coastal mountains of the US (Californian Condor)
 * 1. Where does your animal live, and what are its characteristics?**

Include all subspecies or varieties of your animal - Andean Condor - Californian Condor

- Black plumage, white around the base of the neck. - Top of an Andean’s wings is white. - Male California Condors have white bands on their wings. - Wingspan of the Californian Condor can be up to 9½ feet - Wingspan of the Andean Condor can be up to 10 feet - Californian can weigh up to 23 pounds - Andean can weigh up to 33 pounds - Skin color changes as a condor ages, as well as during moulting and breeding season - Males are larger than females, unusual for birds of prey - Condors mate for life - Most can fly after six months, and begin hunting alone after two years - The Andean Condor has been important to South American culture -- it is a national symbol of Columbia, and some believe its bones can cure cancers - Californian's range stretches from Oregon to Mexico - Andean's range stretches from Venezuela to Tierra del Fuego
 * Identify at least 10 characteristics that will give an in-depth, accurate description of your animal**

Locate where it is endangered (might not be endangered in all its habitats) The California Condor is extinct in nearly all of its habitats. The Andean Condor is rare in all of its habitats Identify the factors, environmental and/or anthropogenic (caused by man) that cause it to be endangered - Accidental poisoning; it might eat a poisoned carcass - Low reproductive rate - Habitat destruction - Andean is killed for South American Medicines
 * 2. Where and why is your animal endangered?**

Provide statistics and other facts related to its endangerment

Locate at least two zoos and/or conservation centers where the animal is held. - Los Angeles Zoo, USA - San Diego Zoo, USA - Los Padres National Forest, USA - Sierra San Pedro de Martir National Park, Mexico - Chester Zoo, UK - Brandywine Zoo, USA - Chingaza National Park, Columbia
 * 3. Where is your animal in captivity and/or conserved?**

Locate where research is done on your animal and where efforts are underway to conserve its population (Note: It may be that this is done at the same location(s) you identified in #3) Identify the experts, leaders, and/or groups guiding the conservation - Michael Mace, a curator at the San Diego Zoo, leads the Andean Condor Species Protection Program. - In 1992 the government passed the Los Padres Condor Range and River Protection Act, which added a 219,700 – acre wilderness the Los Padres National Forest. US Fish and Wildlife Service - California Condor Recovery Program works with the government and others: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conservation and Research for Endangered Species San Diego Zoo (The Zoological Society of San Diego also works to conserve the Andean Condor) Los Angeles Zoo The Peregrine Fund California Department of Fish and Game Arizona Game and Fish Bureau of Land Management Oregon Zoo Santa Barbara Zoo, plans to open a condor exhibition Ventana Wilderness Society Instituto Nacional de Ecología Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación Dirección General de Zoológicos y Vida Silvestre Chapultepec Zoo - Columbian Zoo Association
 * 4. What is being done to restore your animal’s populations? Where is it being done?**

Outline any research and efforts to conserve the population - The CCRP attempting to release condors breeded in zoos and conservation centers into the wild. Training the birds to avoid human settlement and human-made dangers. 4 – 8 condors are released to Sierra San Pedro de Martir National Park each year. - Association of Zoos & Aquariums works with some South American countries to conserve the Andean Condor. 65 have been released into Columbia and Venezuela, where population is lowest


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[|Watch a video of a condor eating the easter bunney]
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Bibliography (All Resources Used)** World Book San Diego Zoo, www.sandiegozoo.org California Condor Conservation, www.cacondorconservation.org US Fish and Wildlife Service, www.fws.gov US Forest Service, www.fs.fed.us The Peregrine Fund, www.peregrinefund.org Conservation and Research For Endangered Species, www.cres.sandiegozoo.org Wikipedia, www.wikipedia.org www.flickr.com


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