Yet another sign that human overpopulation is destroying our wild heritage. AFRICAN VULTURES DECLINING AT A CRITICAL RATE: Study suggests African vultures are heading towards extinctionAn international team of researchers, including leading scientists from The Peregrine Fund, the University of St Andrews, and Hawk Conservancy Trust, say African vultures are likely to qualify as ‘Critically Endangered’ under the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s global threat criteria.In a report published today, in the scientific journal Conservation Letters, scientists from across Africa, Europe, and North America have published the first continent-wide estimates of decline rates in African vultures: and find that many national parks and game reserves appear to offer vulture species in Africa little effective protection.Scavengers such as vultures are essential to a healthy ecosystem; without them carcasses are largely consumed by mammalian scavengers such as dogs and
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