Exhibit has condor killed by antifreeze

[Donna]

CAMARILLO — A condor that died after being exposed to antifreeze will be on display at CSU Channel Islands this year.

The condor, named Chocuyens, was the first bred in captivity to be released into the wild through the California Condor Recovery Program. It will be on display at the John Spoor Broome Library, from Thursday to next February.

The Camarillo university will have a celebration at 1:30 p.m. Thursday to open the Condor Chocuyens Exhibit. Speakers will include CSUCI President Richard Rush; Amy Denton, chairwoman of the biology department, and Jesse Grantham, condor coordinator for the California Condor Recovery Program, among others.

The event is open to the public. The condor is on loan from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. About 40 condors, which are an endangered species, live in this area, most of them in the Los Padres National Forest.