{"id":40101,"date":"2025-05-13T12:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T09:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/?p=40101"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:27:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:27:19","slug":"a-devastating-mass-vulture-poisoning-in-kruger-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/blog\/a-devastating-mass-vulture-poisoning-in-kruger-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"A devastating mass vulture poisoning in Kruger National Park\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 6 May 2025, tragedy struck South Africa\u2019s Kruger National Park. In what is now considered one of the largest vulture poisoning events in Southern African history, a total of <strong>123 vultures were found dead<\/strong>\u2014and <strong>83 more are now recovering<\/strong>, thanks to the swift, coordinated efforts of conservationists, rangers, veterinarians, and aviation teams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40102\" style=\"width:810px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: EWT\/SANParks&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A shocking discovery&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The alarm was raised at 06:05 by the Endangered Wildlife Trust\u2019s (EWT) wildlife poisoning surveillance and detection system, which picked up suspicious activity in the remote Mahlangeni Section of Kruger. By 08:20, a joint team of SANParks rangers and EWT officials had arrived on site to uncover the grim reality: an elephant carcass had been deliberately laced with highly toxic agrochemicals\u2014a calculated act by poachers to kill vultures for body parts used in the illegal wildlife trade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lying around the carcass were the bodies of <strong>116 vultures<\/strong>, killed almost instantly by the poison. Among them:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>102 White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus)<\/strong> \u2013 Critically Endangered&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>20 Cape Vultures (Gyps coprotheres)<\/strong> \u2013 Vulnerable&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1 Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos)<\/strong> \u2013 Endangered&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Another seven vultures died in the hours following, bringing the total death toll to 123.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A race against time&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the devastation, this tragedy became the stage for one of the most extensive wildlife rescue efforts ever mounted in the region.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first responders immediately treated two severely poisoned vultures found 500 metres from the site, administering <strong>atropine, activated charcoal, and fluids<\/strong>\u2014a critical first aid protocol for pesticide poisoning in birds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Help arrived quickly. Veterinary teams from <strong>Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Briner Veterinary Services, and Wildscapes Veterinary Services<\/strong> joined the operation, supported by <strong>SANParks aerial units<\/strong>, including helicopters deployed for the <strong>first time ever in a wildlife poisoning response of this scale<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-7-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40104\" style=\"width:461px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-7-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-7-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-7-9x12.png 9w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-7.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vultures being transported by air to the SANParks K9 facility in Phalaborwa and the Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Hoedspruit.&nbsp;The vultures were transported after being stabilised at the scene. Photo credit: SANParks&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The rescue by the numbers:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>84 vultures rescued alive<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>45<\/strong> transported via <strong>EWT\u2019s vulture ambulance<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>39<\/strong> airlifted by helicopter to SANParks\u2019 <strong>K9 unit in Phalaborwa<\/strong>&nbsp;<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Others were later moved to <strong>Moholoholo<\/strong> for round-the-clock care&nbsp;<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The veterinary teams worked tirelessly through the night. Despite the challenging conditions, only five of the rescued vultures succumbed\u2014an incredible 96% survival rate among those found alive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Update: rescued vultures have been relased <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>81 out of the 84 rescued vultures have been successfully rehabilitated and released. At the end of June, after almost two months of intense care at the Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Limpopo, the birds have finally being returned to the wild. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A lethal threat&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Vultures have highly efficient digestive systems designed to break down harmful bacteria and pathogens, but they are not equipped to handle synthetic agrochemicals or poisons like carbamates and organophosphates, which are commonly used in wildlife poisoning. These toxins act quickly, often killing birds within minutes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But with populations already in free fall\u2014<strong>White-backed Vultures have declined by over 80% in just four decades<\/strong>\u2014incidents like this push them ever closer to extinction. Worse still, May is peak breeding season, and most vulture pairs raise just <strong>one chick per year<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40103\" style=\"width:461px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: EWT\/SANParks&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A growing, grim pattern&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This attack follows a worrying trend. Poachers increasingly use poisoned carcasses to eliminate vultures\u2014either to harvest their body parts or to prevent them from revealing the location of illegal activities by circling above kills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>2019<\/strong>, more than <strong>530 vultures and two eagles<\/strong> were killed in Botswana using three poisoned elephant carcasses and in 2020 almost <a href=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/blog\/biggest-ever-vulture-mortality-event-in-the-world-unfolds-in-guinea-bissau-estimates-of-over-2000-hooded-vultures-poisoned-to-death-due-to-belief-based-use\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2000 vultures were poisoned to death&nbsp;in Guinea Bissau due&nbsp;to belief-based use.<\/a> Similar poisoning incidents have been reported across the region, affecting not only vultures but also <strong>lions and other apex predators<\/strong>, driven by demand in traditional medicine markets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Power of collaboration&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The success of this rescue underscores what is possible when <strong>surveillance, rapid response, and cross-sector partnerships<\/strong> work together. 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