Guardian: Wildlife poachers in Africa are targeting vultures by poisoning the carcasses of the dead animals they feed upon, causing an unprecedented decline in the birds’ population.
Vultures are caught in the cross-fire of rampant poaching because they typically congregate at and feed on a freshly killed animal, drawing the attention of game rangers. To avoid this, poachers inject the carcass with poison, turning it into a fatal meal.
Nearly 1,500 of the birds have been killed in the past two years…

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