DEATH & MISSING
# La Mentora, Missing
Within the aviaries, the mentors are adult condors, who help train the young birds that have been born in captivity to distinguish and avoid wild predators. Female 35 Black tag, the old mentor, after many years of service, was reported missing on July 26, 2023 and has not been seen since. The mentor escaped by opening a hole in the aviary's netting that is more than 10 years old. Resources are urgently needed to be able to change the large net for a newer one.

# Condor report deaths in 2023-2024
Male 69 yellow Tag, KIRAM. Cause: ACCIDENT. Died on June 20, 2024. He stuck his head under the steel cable that holds the net, outside the aviary.
Female 20 white tag, Cause: UNKNOWN. She died on July 11, 2024. Satellite data showed that that she was no longer moving. The body was located and recovered on July 15, 2024 thanks to the fact that it was carrying a satellite transmitter. the body was depredated, so few remains were found, including in her entrails, fragments of glass, PVC, bones, a one-Mexican-peso coin, it is not known if the garbage has any relationship with the death.
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# Condor report deaths in 2023-2024
Male 69 yellow Tag, KIRAM. Cause: ACCIDENT. Died on June 20, 2024. He stuck his head under the steel cable that holds the net, outside the aviary.
Female 20 white tag, Cause: UNKNOWN. She died on July 11, 2024. Satellite data showed that that she was no longer moving. The body was located and recovered on July 15, 2024 thanks to the fact that it was carrying a satellite transmitter. the body was depredated, so few remains were found, including in her entrails, fragments of glass, PVC, bones, a one-Mexican-peso coin, it is not known if the garbage has any relationship with the death.
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# Abril, 2023. These tree different links present one of the biggest threats to avian species, the bird flu. This disease has caused already the death of tree confirmed California condor, in the Arizona population.
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/08/1168788132/avian-flu-california-condors-northern-arizona
On Friday November 25, of 2022, the condor team at San Pedro Martyr saw and receive the last signal of the condor 73 black label. This one had only a VHF transmitter, this reason makes it impossible to retrieve the body, and find the reason of its dead. For the future success of the condor research program, it´s imperative to arm all condors with GPS devices that will give very precise valuable information.
