Vulture and condor populations have declined dramatically due to consumption of livestock contaminated with pharmaceuticals, secondary poisoning from lead ammunition, retaliatory poisoning from loss of livestock, the use of vulture body parts for religious practices, and fatal interactions with electrical infrastructure. The Asian and African vulture crises have stimulated research and conservation actions including a comprehensive Multispecies Action Plan for African-Eurasian Vultures that provides a blueprint for conservation action. However, research and conservation efforts for vultures are fraught with challenges at political, continental, and grassroots levels. These challenges span national and international borders and encompass continental differences in the impacts to specific species of raptors as well as other wildlife. Yet there are reports of increasing numbers and potential solutions involving international collaborations and consortia. At the 2019 Raptor Research Foundation meeting, we convened a special symposium to address the conservation and viability of vulture populations, with attention to the...
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Mary Ann Ottinger;
Mary Ann Ottinger
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Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 20742 USA
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Andre Botha;
Andre Botha
Endangered Wildlife Trust, 27 and 28 Austin Road, Glen Austin AH, Midrand, 1685, South Africa
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William W. Bowerman
William W. Bowerman
Department of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland, 1426 Animal Science/Agricultural Engineering Building, College Park, MD 20742 USA
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Journal of Raptor Research (2021) 55 (3): 295–296.
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Mary Ann Ottinger, Andre Botha, William W. Bowerman; Global Challenges to Sustaining Vulture and Condor Populations. Journal of Raptor Research 1 September 2021; 55 (3): 295–296. doi: https://doi.org/10.3356/JRR-20-71
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