12/02/2018
After last week’s large-scale
poisoning of Andean
Condors in Argentina was found to have been caused by
Carbofuran, the Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) has reported another case
of poisoning, this time from Colombia. Two condors were found dead in
the country, where only around 100 individuals remain in the wild.
Poison is the biggest threat to
vultures worldwide. This was the main conclusion of the Vulture
Multi-species Action Plan, which was co-developed by VCF and has been
recently endorsed by the Convention for Migratory Species (CMS). A significant
part of this global action plan for vultures focuses on the fighting this
threat.
In Europe, VCF is actively
pursuing different lines to these ends, including a brand new project
in the Balkans, where the organisation will be working and funding local
partners in Croatia, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia and Greece to try
to eradicate this illegal and highly damaging practice.
In South America, Fundación
Bioandina Argentina (FBA), which is leading the Andean Condor
Conservation Program of Argentina, is implementing similar actions, as cases of
poisoning have grown exponentially. In the last 13 months, at least
66 condors were killed by poison in several provinces of the
country.
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