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White-backed vultures gorge on the carcass of a poached white rhino bull. In order to avoid detection, poachers sometimes lace the animals that they have killed with poison in order to kill the vultures. These vultures aid ranger patrols in finding the carcasses of poached animals. This year alone over 700 vultures have been poisoned and this is also pushing these critically important and wide-ranging scavengers towards extinction.
- Copyright
- Peter Chadwick 2019
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- 5100x3400 / 15.0MB
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Carcass, Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve, Horizontal, KwaZulu Natal, Outdoors, South Africa, africa, african, animal, aves, avian, biology, bird, carion, color image, colour image, day, endangered species, fauna, image, nature, ornithological, ornithology, photo, photography, poached, scavenging, white rhino, white-backed vultures, wildlife, wildlife crime, zoological, zoology
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- Horns of Pain - Horns of Sorrow
