Fadekemi Ajakaiye
A leading conservation organisation, Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) scaled up its advocacy for vultures with production of a documentary titled “Our Plights to Survive: Nigeria’s Vulture and Wildlife Trade Crisis” which was premiered on Wednesday, 24th March at Lekki Conservation Centre, Lagos.
The documentary is aimed at intensifying NCF’s campaign on vulture conservation in Nigeria and the intricate link between vultures killing and illegal wildlife trade. The production is supported by United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Egyptian Vulture New LIFE project.
The documentary reveals how vultures are heavily traded as commodities in the wildlife market in the South-Western and Northern parts of Nigeria. It also shows threats to vultures emanating from poachers, wildlife traffickers, traditional medicine practitioners as well as many people who perceive the bird as ominous.
Vulture decline poses a threat to human existence
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th December at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Addis Ababa. Although the number of guests was limited to only 60 due to the COVID-19 restrictions, many Ethiopian media and celebrities attended the event. The Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society (EWNHS, BirdLife partner) was among the guests, representing BirdLife Africa, the Migratory Soaring Birds Project and the Egyptian Vulture New LIFE Project which is the Message Sponsor of GER2020.
The event was opened by the strong emotional speech of the world athletics legend and the founder of GER - Haile Gebresellasie
: “We managed to set up the first and unique to Africa road race with 10,000 participants. Fast forward to 2020 it is famous worldwide and kept us very busy in organizing the event before finishing the current one. It is very exciting social event in Ethiopia, It is beyond words, it brings tear to your eyes every time you think about it”.