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May 26, 2007 4:48 pm US/Pacific

Condor Chick Vanishes From Baja California

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SAN DIEGO (AP) ― A rare California condor chick has vanished from its Mexico nest and may have died, setting back efforts to restore the giant vulture to Baja California.

Biologists checking on the month-old chick in a Baja national park found the nest empty earlier this week.

The San Diego Zoo, home to condor recovery efforts, thinks the chick may have been killed by a predatory golden eagle or died from a parasite infestation.

Condor expert Mike Wallace says it was the first chick hatched in Mexico in a century and also the first offspring of a breeding couple placed there as part of a recovery effort.

Wallace says it's not unexpected for inexperienced condor parents to fail the first time they try to raise a chick.

There are still eleven condors in Baja, including the breeding pair.

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