Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- North America's oldest known California condor turned 50 Thursday. Topa-topa, or Topa for short, was the first wild-born condor brought into captivity in 1967. He has since ...
Topa Topa’s story began in early 1967, the year that the California condor was classified as endangered by the United States. He was found weak and malnourished in the mountains of Ventura County — ...
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LA Zoo celebrates the California condor who helped save his species
A California condor who was central to the species’ recovery after near extinction is being celebrated at the Los Angeles Zoo. Topa Topa arrived at the LA Zoo in 1967 after he was found weak and ...
The zoo marked his 60th “hatchday” last week, a milestone for one of the program’s most important birds. Tom Carroll stopped by to chat with zoo staff to learn more and if you want to read about Topa ...
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