| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Authors: | de Lecea, FMartínez, Hernando, A, Illana, A, Echegaray, J |
| Journal: | Ardea |
| Volume: | 99 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Date Published: | 2011 |
| ISBN Number: | 0373-2266 |
| Keywords: | Accipitridae, Gyps, Gyps fulvus |
| Abstract: | We describe an observation of Griffon Vultures Gyps fulvus killing and eating a conspecific in ?lava, northern Spain. We put this observation in the context of previous reports of cannibalistic behaviour in vultures. The reduction of livestock carcasses available to scavengers in the wild, a result of the carcass removal policy adopted by EU countries after the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) outbreak, could have contributed to this behaviour.We describe an observation of Griffon Vultures Gyps fulvus killing and eating a conspecific in ?lava, northern Spain. We put this observation in the context of previous reports of cannibalistic behaviour in vultures. The reduction of livestock carcasses available to scavengers in the wild, a result of the carcass removal policy adopted by EU countries after the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) outbreak, could have contributed to this behaviour. |
| URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5253/078.099.0216 |
| Short Title: | Ardea |
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