Black vultures are eating cows alive. Now some farmers can legally shoot the protected birds.
Story Date: 8/25/2021

 

Source: Sarah Bowman, YAHOO, 8/17/21

 Sometimes as many as a dozen black vultures circle above John Hardin's fields in southern Indiana’s Scott County, poised for when they spot a cold, weak or vulnerable cow. Unlike their turkey vulture cousins, which are easy to spot with their red heads, black vultures don’t always wait for their meals to be dead. “The black vultures, now that's a very, very aggressive bird,” Hardin said. “They’re basically waiting for the cows and calves to die or trying to kill them.”

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