# The Kruger National Park is devastated following a mass poisoning that has left 123 vultures dead after feeding on a poisoned elephant carcass, likely laced with agricultural chemicals by poachers. The vultures include critically endangered white-backed, Cape, and lappet-faced vultures. Rescue teams managed to save 84 vultures, now recovering after emergency treatment. The South African National Parks and the Endangered Wildlife Trust has called it one of the worst poisoning events in the park’s history. It also highlights the escalating threat to Africa’s vulture populations.
Kruger Park vulture poisoning kills 123 endangered birds