ADOPTIONS
# ADOPTION!
Bibiana and Daniel Servitje adopted a pair of condors, the blue 08 male, which they called Amaru, is the name of an Inca god, who represents a winged snake, with the power to bring rain to the fields. He is also the communicator between heaven and earth, first like thunder and second like a water snake. The female, 56 black tag, was named Nera which translates to black in Italian, Bibiana likes the sound of that for a female black condor and it pairs well with Amaru.

# FOUR NEW ADOPTED CONDORS
8 & 9. Marinela Servitje, a renowned business woman, that created Mexico´s most famous children Museum, El Papalote. It´s the first person who adopted two condors, a pair a couple, female 05 blue and male 61 white. The name for the female is Aurora that presents the morning, the shining, that represents beauty and hope. The male´s name is Orion that means the one who climbs to the heights, and might evoke a majestic flight and longevity. Aurora was born on April 7th, 2009, at Los Angeles Zoo. Orion was born on June 7th, 2001. They both fly free at SSPM.
7. Rodolfo Patron, an avid environmentalist, business man and conservationist, adopted male 98 blue label. He named him Galan, a Spanish attribute for a handsome man, may be to highlight the beauty of a misunderstood species. The bird is quite dominant, rarely seen, he was born on March 27th, 2009, at the San Diego Zoo, and release on august 6th 2011.
6. Fundacion Xochitla, a renown Mexican environmental organization, just adopted Female 59 yellow, and name her Centinela, a Spanish name for sentinel. While she is still a juvenile, her head coloration will change from dark black, to bright red when adulthood, she is a very social bird, she was born in the wild at Sierra San Pedro Martir on April 14th 2020.




# TWO NEW ADOPTED CONDORS
4. Chicles Canels. Is a Mexican candy and chewing gum Corporation that was founded in 1925 by Don Roberto Garcia Navarro from San Luis Potosi, and now exports its products to over 40 countries. Nature conservation was always in agenda of Don Roberto, now he´s sons are taking that commitment, supporting the Mexican California condor program by adopting the male condor 75 yellow label, after some discussions among Don Roberto´s gran children they name him GUM. He was born in the wild at the Sierra San Pedro Martir, on April 23rd, 2012.

5. Anonymous. A Mexican business man, with a strong commitment to support social and environmental causes, joins the adoption program of a Baja California condor number 03 blue label. A male condor born on April 15th, 2006, at the San Diego Zoo and released on September 14th, 2008 to the SPM wilderness. Guillermo wants to name him RA the Egyptian word for sun, and one of the oldest deities in ancient Egypt, associated with primal life-giving energy. A culture that worship vultures, Pharaohs wore the uraeus (cobra) and the head of a vulture on their foreheads as symbols of royal protection.

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INVENTA. A private Mexican market business that pledged to adopt the male 41 yellow for three years. The company named him: Marcial is a name that ---. Marcial was born in the wild in San Pedro Martyr Sierra at Baja California, Mexico, the 8th of April, 2015. He is an orphan: his parents, 406 and 446, have disappeared. Marcial belongs to the first generation born in the wild.
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LEXUS University. A car agency in Mexico City has adopted a female, 95 blue, for one year. They named her Takumi, which means “master craftsman” in Japanese, referring, specifically, to someone that has devoted over 60,000 hours to became an expert on any given activity. Takumi was born on March 12th, 2006 at the San Diego Zoo, and was released to the Sierra on September14th, 2008. 95 likes to flirt will males from other females. She and the female condor 218 s had a love triangle with the male 261. See video https://we.tl/t-041ImWpR62
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FAUNAM. This research and conservation organization lead by Dr Ramon Perez Gil adopted the male condor, 20 green, for one year. He is a subadult of low hierarchy, he likes to annoy other young birds. He was born at Chapultepec Zoo, on February 8, 2018. And was name by Mexico City children, Pai Pai a Baja California Indian tribe name. He was release, on October 1, 2019, into SPM wilds. Though he showed an antisocial behavior while adapting to the wild, he was very smart at detecting and keeping safe from predators and slowly but successfully integrated to the rest of the flock.

Marcial - Inventa.

Takumi - LEXUS University.

Pai Pai - FAUNAM.