The king of the Andes: How a village learned to coexist with condors

Mongabay
Aug 15, 2026, 3:40 am70 ptsTrending
PÁRAMO EL ALMORZADERO, Colombia — Doris Torres is a sheepherder who grew up seeing Andean condors as enemies. In this remote village high in the Colombian Andes, the birds were blamed for livestock losses and often killed through poisoning or shooting — persecution that helped push their population to the…

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