Can Captive Breeding of the California Condor Be Considered a Success

question 188

Multiple Choice

Can captive breeding of the California condor be considered a success?

• A) Yes, because captive-bred birds now use the same roosting sites as their predecessors.
• B) Yes, because the wild population increased from 22 in 1983 to 228 in 2014.
• C) No, because most captive-bred condors imprint on their human caretakers.
• D) No, because the reestablished population is now beginning to decline again.
• E) It's unknown, because the condors cannot be reliably tracked after they are released.

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