Andean Condors On The News
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 15, 2013
I just read on the news that about 20 Andean Condors (Vultur gryphus) were poisoned in Chile. As Chilean officials and volunteers rescued 17 birds they noticed the birds were foaming from the beak. Later it was determined these condors suffered from organophosphate poisoning after they were exposed to insecticides used for agriculture.
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