Critically endangered vultures poisoned en masse in Botswana

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Critically endangered vultures poisoned en masse in Botswana

21 May 2019

More than 500 critically endangered vultures have died of poisoning in Botswana, according to local officials.

A total of 537 vultures and two tawny eagles were found dead in the country's north-east, though it's unclear when.

The government suspects poachers who killed three elephants had laced their carcasses with poison.

Conservationists have called the incident one of the largest documented killings of the threatened species.

The government said the mass poisoning was "dangerous and harmful to the environment" and it urged members of the public to "desist from such illegal acts".

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48717018


Conservationists have called the suspecting poisonings "incomprehensible" (Getty Images)

[dhill926]

1. jesus christ....

you don't "urge" the public to desist. You investigate the hell out of this, find the fuckers, and throw their asses in jail for a long, long time...

[Calculating]

2. Why, just why?

So the poachers not only killed the elephants, but then they laced the bodies with poison to kill any scavengers? What possible reason could there be for that? I swear, it's like some humans were born to do nothing but bring about indiscriminate destruction. Reminds me of that woman who got caught stomping sea turtle nests for absolutely no reason.