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Category Archives: Vultures
Images of Africa: Wild Namibia
Coming into the holiday season, I thought I would do a simple post and share some of my favorite shots from a recent trip I took to Namibia in southern Africa. All the photos were shot with a Nikon D80 with a … Continue reading
Posted in Elephants, Giraffes, Photography, Vultures, Wildlife Tagged Burchelle's zebras, Cape griffon vultures, Elephants, Impala, Namibia, Photography, Tim Lewthwaite, wildlife Leave a comment
A Newly “Hatched” Plan for the Buffalo Zoo and Detroit Zoo
As visitors stroll past the bear exhibits at the Buffalo Zoo, they soon come upon the habitat housing the cinereous vultures. The cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) is also known as the European black vulture or monk vulture. They inhabit mountainous … Continue reading
Posted in Buffalo Zoo, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Conservation, Detroit Zoo, Vultures, Zoo Leave a comment
International Vulture Awareness Day
What comes to mind when you hear the word vulture? For most people words like dirty, disgusting, ugly, scavenger, pest, etc… When I think of vultures I think of words like graceful, amazing, beneficial, necessary and mostly, endangered. This difference … Continue reading
Posted in Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Conservation, Research, Vultures, Wildlife, Zoo Tagged International Vulture Day, Vultures 3 Comments
Unintended Consequences: Asian Vulture Populations Brought to the Brink of Extinction
Vultures. If you had asked me ten years ago what I thought about vultures, I would have told you “not very much.” I’d see turkey vultures (Cathartes auara) soaring through the Maryland sky– but beyond that, I didn’t give them … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Health, Animal Management, Aquarium, Conservation, Education, Research, Vultures, Wildlife, Zoo Tagged Asia, conservation, extinction, India, Rare and Endangered Species Trust, Vultures Leave a comment