San Diego Zoo Safari Park Welcomes 250th California Condor Chick, a Significant Milestone for the Critically Endangered Species
SAN DIEGO, April 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has welcomed the 250th California condor to hatch at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The chick's parents are Xol-Xol (pronounced "hole-hole")—the first California condor brought into human care under the California Condor Recovery Program in 1982—and Mexwe (pronounced "mex-weh"). More than 40 years since the California condor population dropped to a low of just 22 birds, this milestone is a significant success.
- SAN DIEGO, April 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has welcomed the 250th California condor to hatch at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
- "Seeing the success that the San Diego Zoo Safari Park has had—and the success of the California Condor Recovery Program as a whole—is really inspiring.
- He made his home at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park as the first California condor brought into human care under the California Condor Recovery Program.
- In 1982, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance was given permission to begin the first zoological propagation program for California condors.