PI Travels Central Coast to Solve Condor Mystery
Friday 30th of July 2010 08:20:36 AM
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| A Los Angeles-based private investigator is heading the search for whoever shot two endangered California condors in the isolated central part of the state, and his backers are offering $40,500 in reward money. Bruce Robertson has been hired by the Center for Biological Diversity, which has also printed 600 "wanted" posters to help track down the culprits, the Monterey County Herald reported. Robertson told The Herald he has put more than 1,000 miles on his car driving around the condor's Central Coast range since he began working on the case last month. The two giant birds, with wingspans up to... |
The Value of Small Things
Friday 30th of July 2010 08:20:36 AM
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| When the last surviving California condors were taken into captivity by the US Fish and Wildlife Service in the mid-1980s, they were transported to the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park and Los Angeles Zoo where, among other things, they were treated for parasites. Living within the feathers of the birds were Colpocephalum californici—an avian chewing louse that looks pretty much like all other lice: a bulbous head, stubby thorax, six hooked legs and a stout, hairy, segmented abdomen. But these lice lived only on California condors and were also facing extinction. More overlooked than willfully extinguished, the last C.... |
CA: New drilling viewed as threat (California condor domain)
Friday 30th of July 2010 08:20:36 AM
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| In the wilderness north of Fillmore, the California condor has fought its way back from the brink of extinction. As the federally endangered scavenger's population dwindled over the past century, the rugged mountains became the metaphorical and geographical heart of the movement to save it. But the area is not just good for condor habitat; it's rich in oil, too. The region has some of the oldest oil fields in the state. A recent decision to once again open Los Padres National Forest to gas and oil exploration could threaten efforts to replenish the condor population, some say. While the... |
French connection armed Saddam to the end French missiles brought down U.S. planes
Friday 30th of July 2010 08:20:36 AM
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| French connection armed Saddam By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES The United States stood by for years as supposed allies helped its enemies obtain the world's most dangerous weapons, reveals Bill Gertz, defense and national security reporter for The Washington Times, in the new book "Treachery" (Crown Forum). In this excerpt, he details France's persistence in arming Saddam Hussein. First of three excerpts New intelligence revealing how long France continued to supply and arm Saddam Hussein's regime infuriated U.S. officials as the nation prepared for military action against Iraq. The intelligence reports showing French assistance to Saddam ongoing in the... |
Second California condor born in wild dies
Friday 30th of July 2010 08:20:36 AM
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| <p>A second California condor hatched in the wild has been found dead here, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said.</p> <p>The death of the 5-month-old bird leaves just one chick of the original three left in the wild. Two weeks ago, the first condor to hatch in the wild in nearly two decades was found dead.</p> |
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