Federal wildlife officials this week are offering a reward and asking for help in finding the person responsible for shooting and killing an endangered California condor last year just outside the Bay Area.
In a news release Tuesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it is investigating the killing of a condor found in Hollister, California, in July 2022. The condor was found on private property off Lone Tree Road.
The wildlife service's forensics determined the cause of death to be trauma from a gunshot wound, the release said.Get Southern California news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox.California condors are protected by the Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
Anyone with information about the shooting of the condor should contact the wildlife service’s Office of Law Enforcement in Sacramento at 916-569-8478 or email Special Agent Victoria Van Duzer at [email protected]. Callers with information may remain anonymous.
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