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Romeo was raised in captivity at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon. When it was time for him to be transferred down to San Simeon for release, he was lucky enough to get a private plane ride instead of a 13 hour road trip! Thanks to Lighthawk, we were able to fly Romeo all the way from Portland to Hollister in just a few hours. Lighthawk is a charitable organization that donates flights in small aircraft to conservation groups, at no direct cost to their partners. Their amazing network of over 300 pilots generously donate their expertise, time, and aircraft to help further various conservation and environmental projects, including shuttling condors from their captive homes the release sites!
We named Romeo after the final letter of his plane’s registration code - it was an R, so using the NATO phonetic alphabet, that makes him Romeo! Despite his flirty name, Romeo was a little shy when we introduced him to the rest of the captive cohort. He’s not so sure about all those girls yet, but we expect that in no time he’ll be living up to his name and stealing hearts.
More photos coming soon!!
We named Romeo after the final letter of his plane’s registration code - it was an R, so using the NATO phonetic alphabet, that makes him Romeo! Despite his flirty name, Romeo was a little shy when we introduced him to the rest of the captive cohort. He’s not so sure about all those girls yet, but we expect that in no time he’ll be living up to his name and stealing hearts.
More photos coming soon!!
