Two **[Andean condor specimens](https://noticiasambientales.com/turismo/donde-avistar-al-condor-andino-puntos-clave-para-observar-esta-especie-vital-en-el-ecosistema/)** (Vultur gryphus) were released in the **[Quebrada del Condorito National Park](https://noticiasambientales.com/turismo/donde-avistar-al-condor-andino-puntos-clave-para-observar-esta-especie-vital-en-el-ecosistema/)** after being rescued and rehabilitated in the province of Córdoba. The action was carried out by a team formed by the **National Parks Administration** (APN), the Province of Córdoba, and the Tatú Carreta Rescue Center.
The event was attended by the Minister of Environment and Circular Economy of the Province of Córdoba, **Victoria Flores**; the Undersecretary of Biodiversity, **Miguel Magnasco**; the Mayor of the Quebrada del Condorito National Park, **Arnaldo Dalmasso**; technicians from the APN Central Regional Directorate; the Secretary of Environmental Police of Córdoba, Adrián Rinaudo, and the veterinarian María Ahumada, from the Tatú Carreta Rescue Center.
One of the released birds, a female named “Pocha”, was **[found in the rural area of Salsacate](https://noticiasambientales.com/turismo/donde-avistar-al-condor-andino-puntos-clave-para-observar-esta-especie-vital-en-el-ecosistema/)**, Pocho department, with difficulties in moving and flying. She was rescued by firefighters and taken to the Environmental Police, in compliance with Provincial Law 10.1151.
The second specimen, also a female, was **[found in Villa de las Rosas and named “Rosita”](https://noticiasambientales.com/turismo/donde-avistar-al-condor-andino-puntos-clave-para-observar-esta-especie-vital-en-el-ecosistema/)**. She showed signs of intoxication and had lead ammunition lodged in her digestive tract. Thanks to an innovative surgical intervention performed by endoscopy by Dr. Ahumada’s team at the Tatú Carreta Rescue Center, the projectile was removed, and the animal was stabilized. **[Both birds were transferred to the rescue center](https://noticiasambientales.com/turismo/donde-avistar-al-condor-andino-puntos-clave-para-observar-esta-especie-vital-en-el-ecosistema/)**, where they received specialized care and underwent a rehabilitation period before being considered fit for their return to nature.
## A Planned Release Operation
The release of the condors **[followed a protocol designed by conservation experts](https://noticiasambientales.com/turismo/donde-avistar-al-condor-andino-puntos-clave-para-observar-esta-especie-vital-en-el-ecosistema/)** from the Quebrada del Condorito National Park, with the aim of **[minimizing the animals’ stress and ensuring their adaptation to the environment](https://noticiasambientales.com/turismo/donde-avistar-al-condor-andino-puntos-clave-para-observar-esta-especie-vital-en-el-ecosistema/)**. Additionally, they were fitted with satellite tracking devices to monitor their behavior and movement in their natural habitat.
This initiative reflects the importance of **[collaboration between government agencies and rescue centers](https://noticiasambientales.com/turismo/donde-avistar-al-condor-andino-puntos-clave-para-observar-esta-especie-vital-en-el-ecosistema/)** in the conservation of the Andean condor, an emblematic species of South American fauna and key to the ecological balance of mountain ecosystems.
## After its Recovery, “Taynemta,” the Andean Condor, Returned to its Homeland
With great emotion, “Taynemta,” **[a rescued Andean condor](https://noticiasambientales.com/animales/luego-de-su-recuperacion-taynemta-la-condor-andina-volvio-a-su-tierra-natal/)**, arrived at the Brigadier Mayor César Raúl Ojeda Airport to be transferred to the Wildlife Conservation Center (CCVS). This return, made possible through collaboration between the Province’s Government and the Andean Condor Conservation Program, represents **[a milestone in the protection of this emblematic species](https://noticiasambientales.com/animales/luego-de-su-recuperacion-taynemta-la-condor-andina-volvio-a-su-tierra-natal/)**.
The bird, a female, was named “Taynemta,” which in the Huarpe language means “life,” in reference to her strength and the struggle she faced since her rescue in 2023. That year, she got trapped on an antenna in Villa de Merlo, suffering severe injuries that led to partial wing amputation. After undergoing surgery and receiving treatments at the Temaikén Foundation, **[the Andean condor successfully recovered](https://noticiasambientales.com/animales/luego-de-su-recuperacion-taynemta-la-condor-andina-volvio-a-su-tierra-natal/)**, although she will not be able to fly again.
Source: Argentina.gob.ar
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