Endangered condor dies of lead poisoning months after being freed - The bird was just 18 months at the time of his death ...

A young California condor from the L.A. Zoo had been flying freely for only three months when he died after ingesting a lead pellet from an air gun.

Lead poisoning poses the single greatest threat to California condors. Even a small amount of lead can be fatal to a condor ...

B7, the youngest member of the North Coast’s fledgling California condor flock, also known by the Yurok name ...

A California condor, known as Pey-noh-pey-o-wok’, has died from lead poisoning just months after being released into the wild as part of the Yurok Tribe’s Northern California Condor ...