The Column

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Vultures go for restaurant meals -- really

This is begging for me to say something, but I won't say it ... really!


In June, a new "vulture restaurant" opened to provide safe food for the endangered birds — no reservations needed, but it's always a fierce fight for the flesh. Similar vulture ventures have already been successful in South Africa, India and Nepal, where one region in which a restaurant started to provide vultures with clean carcasses saw a doubling of nesting pairs in just two years, according to Bird Conservation Nepal ...

OK. Can't resist. I'll take my roadkill medium rare, please.


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