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Now researchers at Purdue University along with experts with the U.S. Fish and WIldlife Service are trying to understand the scale of the problem - and what can be done about it.
In an open field in Dubois County in southern Indiana, researcher Marian Wahl dragged the carcass of a stillborn calf off of her truck and into a patch of flattened grass.
“I feel slightly morbid but scientifically important is the entire research project I’ve got going on here,” said Wahl.
Not long after she placed the calf’s body within a ring of cameras that snap photos of any black vultures that land there, Wahl spotted them rising up from trees on the edge of the field.
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DEADLY THREAT: Black vultures are particularly dangerous for livestock operations because they will attack and kill live animals. Studies of their habits and control options are underway. Livestock producers report black vultures are attacking and killing animals in Indiana.
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For the past couple of years, primarily in southern Indiana, farmers with livestock have complained that a certain type of vulture known as the black vulture has caused economic losses by attacking and killing live animals, especially young livestock. Young calves are a prime target.
Some of these producers contacted Indiana Prairie Farmer, frustrated that no one seemed to be taking the problem seriously. Now, Patrick Zollner, a Purdue University professor of wildlife science, and Marian Wahl, a doctoral student, are taking it very seriously. They are partnering with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to
Usually, vultures feed on animals that are already dead. But black vultures can be different. Author: Sarah Jones Updated: 8:20 PM EDT May 4, 2021
MILTON, Indiana Vultures primarily feed on dead animals. In his 57 years as a farmer, Rollin Bach said he had never heard of a vulture killing anything.
But Black Vultures are different. Black vultures, from time to time, they will get aggressive and will take livestock, usually newborn animals. But we re really trying to understand what is the reality of that. There s a lot of anecdotal evidence, but if we can boil it down to science, this is the true rate it s happening at, we can better maintain the species, said Lee Humberg,
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