Demand for animal body parts for illegal wildlife trade has led to thousands of vultures being poisoned across Africa, says the Endangered Wildlife Trust.
More than 100 vultures in the Kruger National Park died after feeding off a buffalo carcass laced with poison, according to Endangered Wildlife Trust .
. Vulture body parts are used in local traditional medicine because the birds are seen as powerful, Gareth Tate from EWT's Birds of Prey programme told Bloomberg. Twenty-four vultures were saved, having been taken to the Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, in Limpopo, for treatment. Two of the surviving African White-backed Vultures recovered and were released back into the wild on Thursday. They have been fitted with GPS tracking units so that their progress can be monitored.
, released in June, also indicated that vultures are poisoned for their parts to be used in traditional medicine and ceremonies."The demand for animal body parts to feed the illegal wildlife trade has led to thousands of vultures being poisoned across Africa, which has devastated populations and is driving them rapidly towards extinction," EWT said.The Greater Kruger is a hotspot for wildlife poisoning, with vultures being most affected.
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