First Oregon-born condor in a century turns 20
Posted on AllSides May 8th, 2024
From The Center
Usher and Lil Jon were bouncing out of car stereo systems, “13 Going On 30″ was a must-watch romcom, and if you asked someone, “Have you seen ‘The Office’?” you would have been talking about the British version. It was May 9, 2004, and, at the Oregon Zoo’s condor conservation center in Clackamas County, a condor emerged from his egg. Kun-Wac-Shun, also known as No. 340, was the first of a long line of condors hatched at the Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation. His name means “Thunder and lightning” and...