The Los Angeles Zoo announced the birth of five critically endangered California condor chicks on Tuesday.
'Our condor pairs here are having a pretty epic egg-laying season so far, and they are not done yet, ' said Mike Clark, Condor Keeper, LA Zoo. The first hatchling peaked out of its egg on March 1 and the four others hatched in the past two weeks. Clark hopes that this is just the beginning of a fertile breeding season.'We are seeing excellent fertility in the eggs produced so far, and we expect 4 to 5 more eggs before the 2024 laying season is over,' Clark said.
The last of their species, 27 condors, were moved to the LA Zoo and the San Deigo Wild Animal Park in 1987. As of December 2023, there are 561 California condors in the world, 344 of which live in the wild. The LA Zoo implemented its captive breeding program for the species around that time. However, it evolved into an effort that monitored and maintained the populations of the wild populations.
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