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California Condor Facts
Wild California Condors can be found along the Central California Coast, from Big Sur down to the Sespe Wilderness (just north of Los Angeles) as well as in the Grand Canyon. Condors do not kill their own food; they eat carrion (dead animals), ingesting up to three pounds in a single feeding. Condors do not have vocal cords so they force air through their body to make hissing and grunting noises and they do not have talons like eagles or hawks; their nails are more like toenails. Condors can live up to 50-60 years, mate for life and normally lay a single egg once every 2 years. They are the largest flying bird in North America with a wingspan of up to 10 feet. Lead exposure, trash remnants, and power line collisions continue to be a threat to wild flying condors.
To Adopt online:
$100 adoption kit contains**
$50 adoption kit contains**
$25 adoption kit contains**
** All kits offer the option to join VWS' E-mail Alert
To receive VWS news updates, program information, and event postings simply list your e-mail when ordering. You may cancel your subscription at any time by checking a box sent in the e-mail alert.
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Need Help?
Call the VWS office: 831-455-9514 Mon.- Fri.: 9am-5pm PST
Our Mission:
For more than 30 years, VWS has been conserving native wildlife and their habitats. Rather than dwelling on past mistakes that brought many of our wild animals to the brink, we focus on the present. We recover individual species and track the populations of many others so that conservation can be timely as well as effective. Focusing on youth education, we better ensure that future generations have the willingness and capacity to help wildlife. Our vision is to have a society who cares for and supports wildlife across the planet, particularly in California.
Shipping Information:
Delivery time and date cannot be guaranteed. Based on VWS processing time and USPS estimated delivery time, please allow 2-3 weeks for U.S. delivery.
About Your Donation:
Your donation will be used in general support of VWS' efforts. 85 cents of every donated dollar goes toward conservation.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ADOPT IN HONOR OF:
You can give a VWS gift membership for a birthday, wedding, graduation, Bar or Bat Mitzvah, or any occasion you would like to honor. It is a very thoughtful way to commemorate an important day in the life of someone who cares about the future of nature. We will send a personalized letter to the notified party to acknowledge the membership gift. If you wish for the adoption kit to go to the honored party, check the “Send kit to honored party” box when ordering. If the box is not checked,
the kit will automatically be shipped to your address. The kit cannot be split up and mailed to different parties.
GIVING AN ADOPTION AS A GIFT:
Upon submitting your donation online, the adoption kit is processed immediately and shipped. If you’d like the adoption kit directly to the recipient, check the “send adoption kit to gift recipient” box. If the box is not checked, it will automatically be shipped to your address. We cannot guarantee shipping timeframes, however estimated delivery time for mailed items to US addresses is 2-3 weeks; estimated shipping timeframe for international addresses is 3-8 weeks.
ADOPT IN MEMORY OF:
A Memorial gift can be made in remembrance of a loved one who is deceased. In arranging your memorial gift, please provide us with the full name of the person being remembered, as well as the full name and address of the person to be notified about this special gift. We will send a personalized letter to the notified party to acknowledge the Memorial Adoption gift. If you wish for the adoption kit to go to the notified party with the certificate “in memory of”, check the “Send kit to notified party” box when ordering.
TO MAXIMIZE YOUR DONATION:
If you do not want VWS to spend money on sending you the free gifts associated with your adoption, select "Donate without receiving Adoption Kit” when ordering. Please be aware that if you remove the adoption kit to maximize your donation, you will still receive an acknowledgment for the donation but will not receive ANY tangible items (such as the plush animal, photo, adoption certificate, etc.) associated with the donation. If you order over the phone, please tell the staff member that you would like to maximize your donation and do not want the mailed gifts. Ventana Wildlife Society thanks you for your additional commitment to our conservation efforts!
TO RECEIVE JUST THE CERTIFICATE AND PHOTO:
If you do not want the plush animal (or t-shirt option) that comes with the adoption package at the $50 level and above, but would like to receive the paper adoption items, you may choose the “Certificate and photo only” option when ordering.
TAX DEDUCTIBLE:
Your donation is fully tax deductible to the extent of the law. The level of tax-deductibility depends on whether or not a free gift was selected and the amount donated. Please refer to the mailed acknowledgment letter to determine how much of your gift is tax-deductible.
CONDOR T-SHIRT INSTEAD OF PLUSHIE:
You may choose to receive a long sleeve 100% cotton California Condor t-shirt instead of the condor plushie at the $50 donation level or higher. Check the “T-shirt Option” box when ordering and make sure you check the size requested. When ordering the t-shirt and the size remains unchecked, a Large will automatically be sent. No exchanges.
VWS MEMBERSHIP:
A VWS membership comes automatically with the adoption and is valid for one year. Membership begins on the date of your initial contribution, and is extended by one year for every renewal contribution. If you join VWS as a monthly giver, your membership will never expire unless you choose to stop donating monthly. Then your membership will be extended for one year from your last donation. As a monthly giver you will not receive frequently mailed requests for contributions like our annual givers, but will still enjoy the benefits of membership including our newsletter On the Wild Side.
TO DONATE TO VWS:
Please visit our donation page to make a secure online credit card donation. You may call VWS at 831-455-9514 to make a secure credit card donation over the phone, or donate through the mail by sending a check contribution to:
Ventana Wildlife Society
19045 Portola Dr Ste F1
Salinas CA 93908