The College of Pretoria’s Veterinary Sciences crew has carried out South Africa’s first beak transplant on an injured vulture to allow her to feed once more.
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The white-backed vulture’s beak was crushed when she was hit by a automobile in March 2023. So, the crew used the intact beak from the carcass of a lifeless white-backed vulture to save lots of the dwelling chicken’s life.
It’s vital to save lots of vultures as a result of the species in South Africa are in danger, and they’re about to fly, growing their probabilities of accidents. That’s why wildlife rescuers and the general public should work collectively to make sure each vulture is saved.
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BirdLife South Africa says three of the eight species discovered listed below are listed as ‘Critically Endangered’, one other two are listed as ‘Endangered’ and one is listed as ‘Close to Threatened’. The opposite two species are classed as vagrant species, however each are additionally endangered.
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