4 Calif. condor chicks die of West Nile (AP)

by Populux | July 27, 2006 at 12:51 pm
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BOISE, Idaho - Efforts to save the critically endangered California condor suffered a minor setback last week when four 3-month-old chicks died of the West Nile virus " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> West Nile virus , biologists said. Their demise leaves just eight condor hatchlings at the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, where biologists have been breeding the federally protected scavengers since 1994. These are the first condors to die from the mosquito-borne virus at ...
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