Cyprus released griffon vultures into the wild on Wednesday in the latest attempt to boost a once thriving population now critically endangered by poisoning. The island's largest bird of prey has seen its population fall dramatically to the smallest in Europe in recent decades, either from accidental poisoning or changing farming techniques leaving them short of ...
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Vultures, nature's cleanup crew, get new lease of life in Cyprus
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Re: Vultures, nature's cleanup crew, get new lease of life in Cyprus
The article explains this. They feed on dead animals (rats, mice etc) and those died of poison.
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