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Friday, December 19, 1997 Published at 12:40 GMT
World: Americas
Plan to increase condor numbers
![image: [ A Condor chick hatches, with a little help ]](/olmedia/images/_40987_CONDOR300.jpg)
A Condor chick hatches, with a little help
Scientists in Argentina have set free five young Condors as part of a programme aimed at increasing the numbers of one of the world's biggest birds.
The condor is in danger of extinction in some South American countries, and the chicks released in Argentina have been fitted with transmitters so they can be tracked on the Internet the worldwide computer system.
There are said to be no more than a few hundred condors left in the wild.
The condor, which can have a wingspan of more than three metres, was believed by the ancient Inca civilisation to be the God of the air.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
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