500 vultures die in Botswana.

500 vultures die in Botswana after eating poisoned elephants.



GABORONE, Botswana—More than 500 endangered vultures died of poisoning after eating the carcasses of 3 elephants killed by poachers in Botswana, the government said in a statement.

A total of 537 vultures, along with 2 tawny eagles, were found dead at the site in the north of the African country.

The Botswanan wildlife and national parks department did not say when the dead vultures had been found or why the 3 elephants were laced with poison after being killed.

But poachers are known to poison carcasses to target vultures as the birds circle in the sky and help rangers to track poaching activity.

Most of the birds, 468 of them, were white-backed vultures, which are classified as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature red list of threatened species.

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I remember seeing large amounts of vulture thermalling above the parsi tower of silence in Karachi,nowadays vultures are in decline due to diclofenac,i visited a vulture restaurant in Nepal last year,interesting birds.

Anything that disrupts the balance of nature is not good... especially when ignorant human pests are at the root of it.

International resources need to be used to PROPERLY protect our planet's wildlife, which is also critical to our own survival, if only human IDIOTS would realise it.