People used to think that these birds were useless but in recent times people thought and found their numbers were declining so they started saving the condors. let's talk about both species populations. Both condor species are endangered but the california condor has been endangered for longer than the Andean condor which has been endangered for forty four years. The population of the california condor dropped like a stone when the settlers came in the eighteen hundreds . The settlers shot them because they thought they were ugly and would hurt their livestock.now let’s talk about recent times. In recent times they have been flying into power lines so they really only thrive with little to no humans.