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Andean Condors On The News

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Later it was determined these condors suffered from organophosphate poisoning after they were exposed to insecticides used for agriculture. The species is being re-introduced in Colombia and Ecuador where the condors are either locally extinct or persist in very low numbers.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

Animal Person

It has entertaining stories, includes animals people care about because they like them (and also addresses that concept), and it describes how the numbers of various species decreased to the point of being classified as "endangered" or worse. For only $450,000, we could buy almost all of the habitat neded to protect Ecuador's remaining frogs.

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Stalking a Kiwi Icon

10,000 Birds

There are are presently thought to be five species of kiwi with a possible sixth extinct species, all of which have suffered varying degrees of range contraction since the arrival of humans. Both these tours are for the Little Spotted Kiwi , the smallest species and one now one mainly confined to offshore islands.