It confirmed it had been unable to save the bird from succumbing to its injuries.

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Save the bird, he told him.

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From that commitment sprang an effort to save the great Redwoods of California and the Petrified Forest of Arizona, the great bird rocks of the Aleutian Islands and the Tongass of Alaska.

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Privately-funded efforts to save this regal bird from extinction had been underway for some time at that point, and the federal government began its own efforts in 1966 with the passage of the Endangered Species Preservation Act, the precursor to the more comprehensive Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973.

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And if travellers come to see the condors, locals may learn that they can earn more money protecting a live bird than they can save by killing one.

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