Vultures 2024 Notes PDF
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2024
Judd Aiken
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This document provides information about vultures, focusing on their role in animal carcass disposal and the environmental necessity of their existence. It also covers various species, threats, and examples of poisoning incidents. The document includes images, and likely includes further details on African Vulture populations.
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Vultures Judd Aiken Animal Carcass Disposal: An Environmental Necessity Photo Credit: National Geographic African White Backed Vulture Source: National Geographic Vultures 23 Species Old World Vultures---- Cathartidae...
Vultures Judd Aiken Animal Carcass Disposal: An Environmental Necessity Photo Credit: National Geographic African White Backed Vulture Source: National Geographic Vultures 23 Species Old World Vultures---- Cathartidae New World Vultures ----Accipitridae 14 species threatened or endangered Diclofenac: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory long-billed vulture Photo by Nikita Prakash. White-Rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalesis) 1980’s population (India) estimated 80 million 2015 Population (India) ~6000 1992 → 2006 Increase in dog population 5.5-9 million Increase in human rabies deaths: 48,000 deaths Photo credit: National Post Increase in all-cause death rate of at least 4.7 percent Vulture Poisoning in Africa Southern Africa poachers lace animal carcasses (elephants and rhinos) with poison to intentionally kill vultures that might tip off park rangers June 2019: >530 endangered vultures died after feeding on a poisoned elephant in Botswana. Eastern Africa Herders poison felled livestock (killed by predators) to kill the predator Vultures poisoned as well Vulture Poisoning: Africa Source: National Geographic
