Vultures are nature's most successful scavengers, and they provide an array of ecological,
economic, and cultural services. As the only known obligate scavengers, vultures are …

Probably the most important threat currently affecting vultures worldwide is exposure to
pesticides, both accidentally and through deliberate abuse. This is of special concern since …

Illegal human behaviour such as those affecting natural resource use or resulting from
human–wildlife conflicts threaten the sustainable management of ecosystems and the …

Biodiversity losses are increasing as a consequence of negative anthropogenic effects on
ecosystem dynamics. However, the magnitude and complexity of these effects may still be …

The widespread use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) and their
high persistence in animal tissues has led to these compounds becoming ubiquitous in …

Scavenging, or the consumption of dead animal matter, has been documented for a wide
array of vertebrate taxa by naturalists and researchers for centuries. Yet, until recently, the …

Although nowadays the intentional poisoning of domestic and wild animals is a crime in EU,
in the past the poison was used in rural areas of a number of European countries to kill …

Electrocution on poorly designed power poles is increasingly shown to pose a threat for the
populations of many large raptors. Here we document that a power line in Sudan continues …

Diclofenac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with a well-known toxicity for
old world vultures that ingest the carrion of domestic animals treated with it. Diclofenac …

A specific surveillance program has been set up to monitor avian scavenger populations in
the French Pyrenean Mountains, hosting a high proportion of the French populations. The …