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In the park of the Vanoise in Savoie, two wolves and bearded vultures were poisoned by a powerful insecticide. They are, however, protected species. Report.
The park of the Vanoise (Savoy) is a wildlife sanctuary and a whole space where the preservation of nature is maximum. And yet two wolves, a protected species, were found dead, poisoned. It was last spring. The autopsy revealed the presence of a powerful insecticide in their corpse.
A month later, two bearded vultures are in turn found dead, victims of the same poison. These raptors, protected them toonested in a cliff in Haute Mauritian. Who was able to disperse the poison in the mountain and why? An investigation was opened and a complaint was filed. The Bearded Vulture is a large raptor, three meters wide, a scavenger that feeds only on animal carcasses, so its presence is rather well accepted. The two raptors would be collateral victims of the wolf.
– article from Le Monde (paid)
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2022/01/30/des- Animaux-proteges-empoisonnes-dans-le-parc-national-de-la-vanoise_6111560_3244.html
– page of the Vanoise National Park website on populations of bearded vultures
http://www.vanoise-parcnational.fr/fr/des-actions/gerer-et-proteger-les-patrimoines/la-faune/objective-gypaete/les-couples-de-gypaetes
– Pages of the French Office for Biodiversity on the wolf in France
https://www.loupfrance.fr/le-loup/
– National Sheep Federation / farmers’ point of view on the presence of wolves
https://www.leseleveursfaceauxpredateurs.fr/
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