California Condors, Large, Predatory Birds That Were Previously on the Edge

question 9

Multiple Choice

California condors, large, predatory birds that were previously on the edge of extinction, have benefited from a program that raises birds in captivity and then releases them into the wild. The reintroduction program, however, is having variable success.
-If it were determined that condor reproduction along the coast is being harmed by DDT in the condors' foods, which action would be most useful to improve the situation?

• A) providing carcasses of animals without DDT for the condors to eat
• B) moving all condors away from the area where DDT exists
• C) monitoring DDT use in the area where reproduction is failing
• D) removing all eggs from condor nests in the coastal population so that there will be no hatchlings with DDT

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