Last flight of an industrious scavenger

Black death: Vultures lie dead in a previous poisoning incident
Black death: Vultures lie dead in a previous poisoning incident

A triple-threat is decimating the population of vultures in Botswana, pushing the species’ already dicey numbers closer to the brink of disappearance. While playing the Devil’s Advocate, Staff Writer MBONGENI MGUNI, discovers the beauty of a much-maligned and misunderstood bird

Not many people lie awake at night and think about the plight of Botswana’s vultures. In fact, for many people, vultures are an odious creature that literally feeds off the dead. It is an unwelcome and ungainly sight linked forever with the stench of decomposition.

There are some who would not bat an eyelid should it be announced this very day that only a handful of vultures remain in Botswana. After all, of what use are they, besides inadvertently pointing out that something has died?

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