{"id":12055,"date":"2022-08-16T14:35:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T14:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/over-50-endangered-vultures-poisoned-to-death"},"modified":"2022-08-16T15:46:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T15:46:12","slug":"over-50-endangered-vultures-poisoned-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/over-50-endangered-vultures-poisoned-to-death","title":{"rendered":"Over 50 endangered vultures poisoned to death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>At least 50 endangered white backed vultures have been reported dead in Botswana after feeding on a poached buffalo carcass laced with poison on the Controlled Hunting (CH) 1 area near western boundary with Chobe National Park, Sunday Standard can reveal. The vultures were reportedly found less than 20 meters off a \u201cwell-used\u201d track. According to information from a source the poachers harvested heads, feet and internal organs from at least 10 vultures possibly for medicinal resale.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe carcass (Buffalo) was without the right rear leg and part of some ribs. The tip of the tail was also cut, and most of the carcass was not eaten,\u201d he told this publication. He said as for vultures, some were without both legs, with the legs \u201cnicely cut\u201d while heads were also missing as well as internal organs such as lungs, heart, and liver. \u201cA knife was used to cut all this parts. It is suspected that a buffalo was killed before being poisoned for vultures to feed so that some vulture organs are collected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The source said although decomposed, the samples were taken for analysis to determine the cause of death. He said it was a strenuous job as some vultures were on top of tall trees but \u201cthe team\u201d managed to collect all and burn the rest including the Buffalo. Attempts to get a comment from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) proved futile as the Director Dr. Kabelo Senyatso would not be drawn into discussing the matter, saying they had released a communique.<\/p>\n<p>The press could however not find the said press statement by the time of going to press. International media also reported at least 100 more vultures died in neighbouring South Africa around the same time, raising the tally of vultures killed in the region to at least 150. \u201cThe critically-endangered vultures were poisoned to death in separate incidents in Botswana and South Africa,\u201d one report said. Adding that conservationists warned the mass killings pushed the birds even closer to extinction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the latest incidents, more than 50 white-backed vultures were found dead in Botswana\u2019s northern Chobe district on Friday, while about 100 others were discovered in South Africa\u2019s Kruger National Park on Thursday, according to vulture conservation group Vulpro.\u201d The news report quoted vulture conservation group Vulpro as having said the repercussions of the poisonings were huge. \u201cIt\u2019s breeding season so their chicks will not survive and breeding pairs have been lost for good\u201d. The conservation group said vulture populations cannot withstand these losses, warning that the threat of extinction creeps ever closer. The birds in South Africa are also reported to have died from a poisoned buffalo carcass. \u201cWhat makes this even more catastrophic is that it\u2019s breeding season now and chicks will not survive without their parents\u201d, Vulpro founder Kerri Wolter said.<\/p>\n<p>Reports said Park officials in South Africa said they were investigating the incident, adding some of the carcasses appeared to have been harvested for their body parts. \u201cVulture poisoning is not uncommon in wildlife-rich southern Africa, where they are preyed on by poachers because they draw unwanted attention to their illegal activities,\u201d the international news report reads. The white-backed vulture is listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature\u2019s (IUCN) \u201cred list\u201d of critically-endangered bird species. One of the largest vulture deaths recorded in recent years in Botswana was in 2019, when 537 carcasses were discovered in the Chobe game reserve after they ate carcasses of three elephants killed by poachers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. At least 50 endangered white backed vultures have been reported dead in Botswana after feeding on a poached buffalo carcass laced with poison on the Controlled Hunting (CH) 1 area near western boundary with Chobe National Park, Sunday Standard can reveal. 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