More than 120 endangered vultures killed in South Africa poisoning

In a devastating incident in South Africa's Kruger National Park, over 120 endangered vultures perished after consuming an elephant carcass laced with poison, wildlife officials reported. Suspected poachers used highly toxic agrochemical pesticides, a method increasingly employed to target vultures and lions for their body parts used in traditional medicine. Another 84 vultures were rescued for treatment.

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