White Headed Vulture Reintroduction

White Headed Vultures is the Zululand area of South Africa have declined from 15 known nesting pairs to no known pairs in the last 10 years. Poisoning is thought to be what is killing them. A captive breeding program is being developed, in conjunction with the African Raptor Centre to breed and release IoT Gps satellite-tagged birds back into Zululand.

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