The California condor once ruled the West Coast. In the 1960s, however, the bird’s population had diminished to only 100 due to lead poisoning. By 1982, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says, there were only 23 remaining California condors.
In 1987, each surviving condor was put in captivity to be part of a breeding program to revive the species.
Some have returned to the wild…