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Charlie Hamilton James's Image
A critically endangered white-backed vulture at the Vulture Conservation Programme facility in Magaliesburg, South Africa, sits with the classic head-droop signs of poisoning.
Gathering vultures can alert authorities to poaching, so poachers lace their kills with poison to kill the birds. Farmers also lace bait with pesticides to kill lions that attack their livestock. Vultures then eat the toxic bait and the dead predators.
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Charlie Hamilton James
UK
Charlie Hamilton James is a wildlife and conservation photographer for National Geographic Magazine. He specialises in stories and issues in South America and East Africa. He has shot 14 stories for National Geographic.
Image details
- Canon EOS-1D X
- 24-105mm f4 lens at 50mm
- 1/1000 sec at f9
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