Scavenge for Vultures!

-Photo Credit: Tracey Gazibara
Post by Jenyva Turner

Our Zoo docents are holding a "Scavenge for Vultures" sale on Saturday, February 6th in the Lodge at Moose Lake beginning at 12:00 pm. Docents plan to bring a variety of animal-themed items to sell. The funds raised will go towards Cape Griffon vulture conservation in South Africa. Come scavenge around for something you'd like!

Why save vultures? As obligate scavengers, vultures play a vital role in the health of an ecosystem by cleaning up animal remains and helping prevent the spread of disease. Unlike other scavengers, vultures have powerful stomach acids that kill many diseases that affect humans and other animals.

In areas where vultures have disappeared, the ecological cycles cannot be completed successfully. The Vulture Programme in South Africa is working with local communities to ensure that existing vulture populations prosper so that they can repopulate areas where vultures no longer exist and once again restore ecological balance.

We welcome you in our efforts to help vultures!