{"id":6950,"date":"2014-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/tagged-egyptian-vulture-killed-for-the-traditional-medicine-trade-in-west-africa\/"},"modified":"2014-06-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T00:00:00","slug":"tagged-egyptian-vulture-killed-for-the-traditional-medicine-trade-in-west-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/pt\/blog\/tagged-egyptian-vulture-killed-for-the-traditional-medicine-trade-in-west-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Tagged Egyptian vulture killed for the traditional medicine trade in West Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> It is well known that Africa vultures are declining across most of the continent. Drivers of decline vary from region to region \u2013 in West Africa, vultures are being killed mostly for food and for the traditional medicine trade, with Nigeria and Benin being at the centre of this wildlife persecution pattern. The VCF and a number of other organisations have already alerted for this unprecedented biodiversity crisis \u2013 see <a href=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/pt\/2014\/05\/07\/african-vultures-poison-dramatic-biodiversity-crisis-with-as-yet-uncharted-human-health-consequences\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Recently, this was brought home with the news that a rare Egyptian vulture \u2013 that had been tagged in Greece as part of a conservation project \u2013 was shot in Niger, and taken to Nigeria. You can read an account of this story <a href=\"http:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2014\/0624-dimitrova-vulture-bird-market.html\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4vultures.dev.reformat.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1404029787.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Evan Buechley\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Evan Buechley<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is well known that Africa vultures are declining across most of the continent. Drivers of decline vary from region to region \u2013 in West Africa, vultures are being killed mostly for food and for the traditional medicine trade, with Nigeria and Benin being at the centre of this wildlife persecution pattern. 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