Thursday, with Munir Viranti and Darcy Ogada, of the director of the East Africa Peregrine Fund office, and Richard Reading, consultant and Africa Network for Animal Welfare-USA board member, I visited a location near Nanyuki where several White-backed vultures and one Rurpell’s eagle had been poisoned, probably unintentionally in an attempt by the local people there to retaliate. It seems lions had killed one or two cows so baited meat was distributed throughout the area. The unintended consequence was the poisoning of these birds. Regrettably human-animal conflicts are common throughout Africa as pastoralists compete for grazing location.
Poachers intentionally kill vultures to avoid detection after slaughtering elephants. It is a terrible reality that the vultures of Africa are at risk of endangerment and extinction.
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