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Phoenix gathering will raise money, support for endangered California condors
Liberty Wildlife will host November event
(AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A California Condor named Hope takes to flight at the Los Angeles Zoo on May 2, 2023. California condors are trapped in a cycle of life and death. The latest breeding efforts to boost the population of North America's largest land bird, an endangered species where there are only several hundred in the.
(AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
Condor keeper Debbie Sears at the Los Angeles Zoo on May 2, 2023, feeds a Condor chick. California condors will receive a vaccine for a deadly strain of avian influenza that threatens to wipe out the already threatened vulture species, federal officials said.
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IF YOU GO
What: Condors & Cocktails
When: 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4
Where: Liberty Wildlife’s Rob & Melani Walton Campus, 2600 E. Elwood St., Phoenix
Liberty Wildlife
Liberty Wildlife’s mission is to nurture the nature of Arizona through quality wildlife rehabilitation, natural history education and conservation services to the community. Further, the Liberty Wildlife Non-Eagle Feather Repository program provides feathers to Native Americans in support of their cultures. Blending wildlife, nature and community is a goal of the organization. Visit libertywildlife.org.
Liberty Wildlife will host an event in Phoenix to promote the care and protection of endangered California condors.
The gathering, sponsored by SRP and the Zeriah Foundation, is a celebration of condors and all native wildlife. Dubbed “Condors & Cocktails” this 21+ aged event takes place from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at Liberty Wildlife’s Rob & Melani Walton Campus, at 2600 E. Elwood St., in Phoenix.
The event will focus on efforts to save the California condors from extinction, including recent threats this spring from a virulent strain of avian flu.
Condors & Cocktails will feature live music, wildlife presentations, food trucks, and 21+ bar featuring a signature drink, the Papyrus Condor, made with mescal, Aperol, Drambuie and lime juice.
Liberty Wildlife’s mission is “to nurture the nature of Arizona through wildlife rehabilitation, natural history education, and conservation services to the community,” according to a press release. The organization’s education programs include in-person experiences with native wildlife, including two non-releasable California condors, Marble and Millie.
This past spring Liberty Wildlife staff and volunteer veterinarians began caring for several condors in the flock located near the Grand Canyon after a devastating wave of avian flu struck the population. In addition, Liberty Wildlife incubated an egg, laid by a condor who had died from avian flu.
That chick is now thriving in the care of a “foster parent” condor in Boise, with hopes that when she will eventually be returned to the wild in Arizona near her flock.
Tickets are $55 and are available by clicking here.
Admission includes Liberty Wildlife animal ambassador trail access; wildlife “pop up” demonstrations along the trail; presentation of the documentary “The Weight of a Feather” in a large classroom; a food station featuring three food trucks; and a no-host bar along with a raffle.
Condor keeper Debbie Sears at the Los Angeles Zoo on May 2, 2023, feeds a Condor chick. California condors will receive a vaccine for a deadly strain …
