Poison trap for lions kills 119 vultures in Maun

Yesterday, Birdlife Botswana director, Kabelo Senyatso told Mmegi the incident was the latest in a string of poisonings involving the endangered birds. Numbers of the ecologically important birds have been on the decline for years in Botswana, with hundreds dying due to poisonings committed by farmers and poachers.

“We were made aware of the incident in Maun on Sunday but it happened, most likely, 10 days before that and we were handling that over the weekend,” Senyatso said.