Good intentions pose threat to Cape vultures.(News) From: Pretoria News (South Africa) | Date: April 26, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Independent News & Media PLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

BYLINE: Sheree Bega

Kerri Wolter watches a lone juvenile white-backed vulture sitting studiously atop a mound of bones and cow flesh. The stench wafting from the decaying pile is often overpowering but this vulture specialist barely notices it.

For over 30 years, vulture restaurants like this one at the Rhino and Lion Park, west of Joburg, where more than 800 endemic Cape vultures regularly find a choice, fresh meal, have been believed to be helping to save S...