Who Killed the Skies? 123 Vultures Die Protecting the Wild
It was in the wide, sun-baked open grasslands of South Africa’s Kruger National Park that death crept up. A poisoned elephant corpse, marinated in farm pesticides, was a killing ground for 123 vultures, nature’s cleanup crew par excellence. The tragedy, one of the deadliest poisonings in the park’s history, reveals a harrowing truth: poachers aren’t ...