Tag: Vultures

The importance of feeding on rotting meat

By Craig Macaskill   Posted 2017-09-16   In Blog       It is with great sadness that we read about 45 vultures being poisoned this week, ironically the week after International Vulture Awareness Day. That it happened in neighbouring Mozambique is immaterial. The sun shines, rivers run and vultures fly as they have for centuries: nature does not recognise the compromise […]

Birds and farming

This article deals with the role of birds in farming. It includes a look at owls, the Red-billed Oxpecker and vultures. Avitourism and South African birds in trouble feature, as do details of role players and other sources of information.