Currently lead poising is the leading cause of death for Calfornia condors. Usually this is from hunters using lead bullets and the condors then eating those bullets off the carceses. However in 2021 California banned the use of lead bullets for hunting to prevent this[1]. The adoption has been slow going.

I will look at all the deaths recorded in the year 2024 and group them by their cause of death. This will be a fuzzy grouping. For example if there were multiple fires (they currently list Dolan Fire, but imagine there was another seperate fire) I would group those under one category (fire). I will be ignoring all causes labelled unknown, they will not be a part of the count. This market will resolve based off of the Pinnacles condor data which can be found here: https://www.nps.gov/pinn/learn/nature/condormemorial.htm.

1- https://ca.audubon.org/news/ban-toxic-lead-ammo-takes-effect-california

Ban on Toxic Lead Ammo Takes Effect in California

Lead from ammunition is highly toxic to birds. The new ban in California protects raptors like the California Condor.

• Update 2025-02-01 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): - Data source has not been updated recently.

  • Resolution may be delayed by another month to await the next data update, which occurs every six months.