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Two key announcements await the US this week – the consequences of which will ripple around the globe – including for South Africa.

People poison vultures for various reasons, including a belief that they can see into the future and to stop authorities from being alerted to poaching

Four species of critically endangered vulture have returned to a park in southern Malawi from which they disappeared more than 20 years ago, and their comeback is credited to the reintroduction of cheetahs, lions and the carcasses the cats left behind, conservationists say. In 2017, seven cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) were reintroduced to Liwonde National Park […]

A recent study confirms alarming declines in raptor populations in Kenya. Incidental poisoning is a major problem for vultures in particular, depriving ecosystems of the birds’ vital role as scavengers. Conservationists are working with communities to help species recover. “The population of raptors today bears no resemblance to those numbers we saw a half century […]

Unless the poisoning of vultures for ‘muthi’ or ‘belief-use’ of body parts by bogus traditional healers is decisively tackled, these raptors face an uncertain future.