Conservation The Endangered Vultures
Rating: The conservation of vultures in Africa is generally regarded as high priority, although limited resources are made available to assist with this important work.
Did you know that vulture populations have declined by an average of 68% across all species over the past 30 years? A group of African vulture experts conducted and published an analysis of population trends for all African vultures in 2015 and this is what they found.
Some species such as the White-headed vulture, Rüppell’s vulture, White-backed vulture and Hooded vulture are now listed as critically endangered by the IUCN Red List for threatened species. The Cape vulture,