GRIFFITH PARK : California Condor Chick Hatches at L.A. Zoo
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A California condor chick hatched Tuesday at the Los Angeles Zoo, bringing the total of the endangered birds to 73.
The chick, whose sex will be determined in three months by chromosome analysis, was the offspring of Topa Topa, captured in the wild in 1967, and his mate, Malibu. The chick had minced mouse for its first meal.
Topa Topa was one of 14 California condors captured in the wild to launch a captive breeding program to save the species. He was the last of the 14 to reproduce.
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