A 62-year-old poacher has been arrested in the district of
Moamba in Southern Mozambique for deliberately poisoning at least 104 vultures thought to be
an endangered species. Found in possession of two elephant tusks and a
flask of the poison, Nelson Machel confessed to poisoning the vultures,
but denied killing the three elephants found at Mbashene.
Several species of vultures were killed. According to the National
Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC), 80 were white-backed
vultures (Gyps Africanus) and 17 were hooded vultures (Necrosyrtes
monachus), both of which are endangered
white-backed vulture
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