Media frenzy blinds vultures to the truth

Beyond redemption, the scavengers leave us feeding on the scraps of a bunch of lies, writes Des du Triou.

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A relative used to be a Kruger Park honorary game warden until stilted labour practices saw him out the hamba wena gate. He captured on video various scavengers around a duiker carcass.

Begins with a flapping flurry of vultures on the feed. First with one, then in pairs, quadrupled, graduating into a rollicking squabble around the dinner table.