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| Subject: | Vultures in the Pyrenees |
| From: | "martin butterfield" <> |
| Date: | Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:28:16 +1000 |
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A couple of listings recently commented on the footage of Bearded Vultures/lammergeiers during the TV coverage of the Tour de France. From this article in the e-Australian today
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22206506-30417,00.html perhaps the peleton was viewed as a potential service from Meals on Wheels?
My own view is that the comments by Denis Vincent, quoted in the article are spot on. Having had a fair bit to do with sheep and cattle in my youth and seen a fair few vutures feeding in East Africa, if a sheep/cow sits still while a vulture pecks it the animal is already extemely sick.
It is however pleasing to see that the vulture numbers are so high.
Martin
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