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500 vultures die in Botswana after eating poisoned elephants

Most of the birds that died were white-backed vultures, which are listed as critically endangered. [AFP]

More than 500 endangered vultures died of poisoning after eating the carcasses of three elephants killed by poachers in Botswana, the government said in a statement.

A total of 537 vultures, along with two tawny eagles, were found dead at the site in the north of the African country.

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