Wildlife advocacy group searches for clues in condor
shooting
SAN FRANCISCO
– The Center for Biological Diversity has gone public with its
investigation into the shooting of two condors earlier this year.
The center has designed an Old West-style poster that advertises
the $40,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of a
shooter or shooters. The posters inclu
de the Condor Tip Line, 1-800-840-1272. Tips can also be sent to
Co*******@gm***.com.
Wildlife advocacy group searches for clues in condor shooting
SAN FRANCISCO – The Center for Biological Diversity has gone public with its investigation into the shooting of two condors earlier this year. The center has designed an Old West-style poster that advertises the $40,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of a shooter or shooters. The posters include the Condor Tip Line, 1-800-840-1272. Tips can also be sent to Co*******@gm***.com.
“It’s important to take this campaign directly to these communities,” said Adam Keats, the center’s urban wildlands director, in a press release. “In these hard economic times, we believe that word of the $40,000 reward will travel fast and loosen lips, hopefully leading to a break in the case.”
CBD enlisted the help of private investigator Bruce Robertson in April, and he has logged 1,000 miles of travel through the region. Robertson distributed the posters through the region last week.
“Given the challenges of penetrating the tremendous size and terrain of the remote regions where this crime likely took place, the public’s help is going to be needed to solve this crime,” Robertson said in a press release. “Somebody probably witnessed the shootings. Somebody probably heard folks talk about them. We want somebody to come forward, to help solve the crime and to earn the reward.”
Staff for CBD noted that they decided to step up the search when one of the two birds that was shot, Condor 286, died of lead poisoning May 11. The bird was one of the first to be released in Central California as part of a Condor recovery project. The shooting was not the direct cause of death, according to zoo officials, but the poisoning was more likely the cause of lead ammunication.
