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California condors came back from 22 birds

The last wild birds were taken into captivity in the 1980s and the species now numbers hundreds The recovery programme bred birds at zoos and released them in California, Arizona and Baja California. Lead poisoning from ammunition remains the main obstacle, so hunters are encouraged to use alternatives. Chick numbering in the low hundreds live free today. It sits in Mondo's animals collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The last wild birds were taken into captivity in the 1980s and the species now numbers hundreds. The figure is taken from US Fish and Wildlife Service, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a animals fact?: Yes. It sits on the Animals shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.