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“Condors over Cologne” – Rogue Ales & Spirits: Condor Kolsch

10,000 Birds

Beset by poaching by cattle ranchers, habitat loss, DDT, and lead poisoning (from consuming shotgun pellets embedded in the condor’s carrion fare), populations of this enormous New World vulture fell into a serious decline in the twentieth century. By any measure, the recovery of the California Condor has been a remarkable success.