(KRON) — A freed California condor died of lead poisoning at the Oakland Zoo Sunday after veterinarians “did everything they could” to save the animal’s life, the zoo said.
Condor No. 1019, known as “Jane,” was released into the wild in San Simeon on Nov. 2, 2021 as part of an ongoing effort to revive the critically endangered species. Nearly four years later, Jane was taken to the Oakland Zoo for emergency medical treatment.
“This beautiful bird came to us extremely sick with lead poisoning — so sick in fact, she was ataxic (stumbling), then unable to stand,” the Oakland Zoo said. “Her crop and GI tract had stopped moving, so she wasn’t absorbing any nutrition.”
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Zoo veterinarians operated on the bird to remove lead fragments from her gizzard Saturday…