Lead is an extremely toxic element that we've sensibly removed from water pipes, gasoline, paint and other sources dangerous to people ... golden eagles, ravens and endangered California condors.

By far, the largest threat to California condors in the wild is lead poisoning. Between 1992 and 2023, lead poisoning accounted for the mortality of 137 wild condors, 48% of all known deaths ...

Last week, in a press release, the Northern California Condor Restoration Program (NCCRP) re-released condor A9 back into the wild after the two-and-a-half-year-old bird spent 22 days at the ...

6, six captive-raised juvenile California condors will ... wildlife biologist Joe Burnett, is “lead poisoning from ingestion of spent lead ammunition.” Condors are scavengers and eat carrion ...