Experts: Vultures on brink of extinction

Carcasses have been poisoned specifically to eliminate vultures, whose overhead circling might otherwise reveal the poachers' illicit activities.

A team of researchers have warned that African vultures are likely to become extinct over the next few years due to deliberate poisoning and neglect by conservation groups.

They warn the decline in vulture numbers can have immense effects on human health and the ecosystem, which they help stabilise.