Around 94 white-backed vulures have died in what appears to have been a poisoning incident brought about by poachers near the Zimbabwe Mozambique border.
The poachers had poisoned an elephant (probably with cyanide) and the vultures had fed off it.
This is a common practise in the area. Poachers poison waterholes to kill elephants and unfortunately anything else that either drinks the water or eats the meat suffers as well.
As it is the peak breeding season for the vultures this may be a double blow as many chicks may have also been lost.
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