CALIFORNIA CONDOR CONSERVATION EFFORTS AT

DVM MSc. Juan Arturo Rivera Rebolledo General Director of Zoological Parks and Wildlife Ministry of Environment City Government

MÉXICO CITY ZOOLOGICAL PARKS

Mission Vision

To promote the conservation of the To Consolidate the Chapultepec, San endangered and threatened wildlife Juan de Aragón and Los Coyotes as species, through the environmental centers of integral conservation of education, scientific research, and captive biodiversity. breeding, at Chapultepec, San Juan de Aragón and Los Coyotes Zoos. THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE

MAIN OBJECTIVES:

• RECREATION

• ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

• SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• CONSERVATION

CHAPULTEPEC ZOO • CONSIDERED THE NATIONAL ZOO OF MEXICO • FOUNDED IN 1924 • EXTENSION OF 16.4 HECTARES • MORE THAN 5 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR • HOUSING ANDEAN CONDORS SINCE 1961 (8 BIRTHS). • CALIFORNIA CONDORS SINCE 2007.

CALIFORNIA CONDOR CONSERVATION PROGRAM AT CHAPULTEPEC ZOO

• Currently holding 2.0 specimens: «Aquimowon and A-Way» • Arrival on May 31st. 2007, from San Diego Wild Animal Park • Held at the Chapultepec Zoo , 600 m2. and 18m height. • Both specimens are in good health. • Last Medical Examination was performed on 2008. • On 2007 started the «Environmental Education Program» on this species ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: • INTERACTIVE TALKS • VIDEOS • CHILDREN/ADULT WORKSHOPS • EXHIBIT • GUIDED VISITS • LUDIC GAMES/CHILDREN • BROCHURES

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

EXHIBIT AVE MAGNÍFICA: CÓNDOR DE CALIFORNIA • DEVELOPED JOINTLY WITH SAN DIEGO ZOO, US F&WS, INECC, SEMARNAT, CICESE, NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM • BIOLOGICAL, BIBLIOGRAPHIC AND PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS • WORKSHOPS, TALKS, • MORE THAN 110,000 VISITORS ATTENDED THIS EXHIBIT

PICS OF THE EXHIBIT UPCOMING FEMALES PREPARATIONS • MEXICAN COPY CITES APPENDIX I PERMIT • US CITES PERMITS ARE ABOUT TO BE ISSUED. • UPDATED HEALTH REQUIEREMENTS • APPROVED QUARANTINE STATION • AVIARIES ARE READY TO HOLD 2 COUPLES • BROODERS, INCUBATORS, ARE READY TO USE

LOCATION OF THE EXHIBITS California Condor Aviaries (2) PICS OF THE EXHIBITS QUARANTINE STATION

• TWO QUARANTINE ENCLOSURES • 5.5M. LONG, 3.5 METERS WIDTH AND 3.5M HIGH. • SOLARIUM • INDOOR/OUTDOOR SECURITY AISLES AND DOORS • BIRDS WILL BE HOLDED INDIVIDUALLY. • 24/7 UNDER VETERINARY SURVEILLANCE

QUARANTINE STATION PICS THANK YOU!

DVM MSc. Juan Arturo Rivera Rebolledo General Director of Zoological Parks and Wildlife Ministry of Environment Government