{"id":6611,"date":"2014-06-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-massive-vulture-poisoning-incident-reported-from-africa-92-vultures-died-in-botswana\/"},"modified":"2014-06-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T00:00:00","slug":"one-more-massive-vulture-poisoning-incident-reported-from-africa-92-vultures-died-in-botswana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/blog\/one-more-massive-vulture-poisoning-incident-reported-from-africa-92-vultures-died-in-botswana\/","title":{"rendered":"One more massive vulture poisoning incident reported from Africa: 92 vultures died in Botswana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF), together with a number of other conservation organizations, had alerted recently that the increasing and mostly illegal use of poison is decimating African vulture populations, precipitating a biodiversity crisis with as yet uncharted human health consequences \u2013 see the statement below, which resulted from a recent meeting on this issue.<\/p>\n<p> The latest incident reported on this unfolding situation came recently from Botswana, when at least 92 vultures were found dead last month near a buffalo carcass.<\/p>\n<p> The episode was only found because one of the vultures was being followed through a GPS satellite transmitter by Raptors Botswana and its signal remained stationary for several days.<\/p>\n<p> A team from Raptors Botswana then managed to visit the site on May 24th by using a helicopter from the Botswana Defence Force, as the site was inaccessible by land due to high water levels. It then became evident that a buffalo carcass was the source of the poisoning. The animal had been poached for meat, as both shoulders and one leg of had been removed, and some remains of a wildebeest were also seen nearby. The dead vultures included 85 white-backed (<em>Gyps africanus<\/em>), 6 hooded vultures (<em>Necrosyrtes monachus<\/em>) and 1 lappet-faced vulture (<em>Torgos tracheliotus<\/em>). Probably the death toll was higher, as only a small area was searched \u2013 the tagged hooded vulture was not found, for example.<\/p>\n<p> In several regions of southern Africa a new and worrying trend has been emerging recently, with killing vultures directly so that their conspicuous presence does not attract the attention of law enforcement agents. This is causing a critical biodiversity crisis \u2013 vultures are declining across the African continent, largely at a dramatic rate &#8211; decreases of 50-60% have been registered in parts of southern Africa. This region is quickly losing its vultures, and with them the critical and highly efficient ecosystem services they provide.<\/p>\n<p> We thank Raptors Botswana for this report, and their efforts to conserve the vultures. All photos by James Bradley (Raptors Botswana).<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"\/es\/app\/download\/8187302485\/Press-release+-+Vultures+%26+Poison+in+Africa.+A+major+biodiversity+crisis.pdf\/?t=1494442324\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.jimstatic.com\/s\/img\/cc\/icons\/pdf.png\" alt=\"Download\" \/> <\/a> Statement &#8211; Vultures &amp; poisoning in Africa Press-release &#8211; Vultures &amp; Poison in Afr Adobe Acrobat Document 357.3 KB <a href=\"\/es\/app\/download\/8187302485\/Press-release+-+Vultures+%26+Poison+in+Africa.+A+major+biodiversity+crisis.pdf\/?t=1494442324\">Download<\/a> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF), together with a number of other conservation organizations, had alerted recently that the increasing and mostly illegal use of poison is decimating African vulture populations, precipitating a biodiversity crisis with as yet uncharted human health consequences \u2013 see the statement below, which resulted from a recent meeting on this issue. 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