"Officials say poachers are increasingly using poison-laced carcasses to entrap vultures, either to sell their parts in the illegal wildlife trade or prevent circling vultures from alerting park authorities to other poaching activities."
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Mongabay
“This marks one of the largest vulture poisoning events in Southern Africa.”
In South Africa’s Kruger National Park, a mass poisoning attack this week has left 123 threatened vultures dead and another 83 recovering with the aid of a veterinary team.
In South Africa’s Kruger National Park, a mass poisoning attack this week has left 123 threatened vultures dead and another 83 recovering with the aid of a veterinary team.
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