In 1987 all of the California condors living in the wild were captured. The total population was around 27 individuals at this time. Many groups of scientists and ecologists worked together to begin a captive breeding program to help this bird recover in the wild. In 1991 scientists started to release captive-bred condors back out into the wild. By 2011 there were 205 condors living in the wild. This program cost over 35 million dollars. Do you think this money is well spent? Support your answer with your reasoning. Solution yes, this money is spent the producing of captive- bres condors is more.so, more time and cost.