Complete decoding of the California condor genome, Released in 2021Also We have revealed valuable information On the history of bird evolution and its prehistoric abundance. Millions of years ago, it was a species with an effective population of around 10,000 to 100,000 people. Its decline began about 40,000 years ago during the last ice age and later exacerbated by human activity. Nevertheless, Steiner said the species retains similar genetic variations to non-risk birds.
Lead problems
Despite these enormous efforts and new understanding of the species, the threat to the condor remains.
The 1980s saw an event that revealed efforts to monitor the last ever-intensified condor in the wild. After 15 of them died, four people were necropped, three of whom were shown to be lead poisoning.
These cataltiforms are from Greek Cathartesmeaning “clean things” – not normally prey to hunters, their cleaned nature makes them an indirect victim of the hunter’s bullet. Eats the meat of a dead animal, and the condor ingests fragments of lead ammunition that remain embedded in the corpse.
Once inside the body, lead accumulates over time, but acts as a neurotoxicity that affects the nervous, digestive and reproductive systems. Among the most devastating effects is crop paralysis. This is an organ that stores food before the condor digests. This prevents them from eating and causes starvation. Lead also interferes with the production of red blood cells, causing anemia, gradually weakening birds, damaging the nervous system, causing convulsions, blindness, and death.
In the United States, efforts to mitigate the threat of condor guiding is widespread. Since the 1970s, there have been several programs including providing lead-free food to condors, a campaign to educate hunters on the effects of lead bullet use on wildlife, and programs that show how important conservation area visitors are to the ecosystem. That strategy is being implemented. Government regulations also play a role similar to the Ridley Tree Condor Preservation Act of 2007. However, these efforts were not sufficient.
