Birds and muthi | Illegal wildlife trade threatens Kruger National Park's vulture population | Over 100 animals have died after feeding on a buffalo carcass in the Kruger National Park. It is suspected that the buffalo was laced with poison
Two similar incidents were reported in the same area last year.“Rangers on patrol discovered the carcass of a buffalo, which appeared to have been laced with poison. They also found over 100 dead vultures and a dead hyena likely to have fed off the carcass,” SANParks said.With the assistance of the Endangered Wildlife Trust , these birds were rushed to Shingwedzi and Moholoholo rehabilitation centres for treatment.
"Vultures were acquired by poisoning and trapping in communal rangelands and inside protected areas . Vultures reportedly varied in price from R300 to R1500 for a whole bird," according to aResearchers polled a total of 51 traditional healers from the Kukula Traditional Health Practitioners Association in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga.
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