Mallorcan vulture articles
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Vultures dumpster diving get too drunk to fly
two vultures went dumpster diving and found something a little too fermented. Click here to see what happens next.
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‘Our culture is dying’: vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rites
Inadvertent poisoning of scavengers across Indian subcontinent is forcing some communities to give up ancient customTraditional Zoroastrian burial rites are becoming increasingly impossible to perform because of the precipitous decline of vultures in India, Iran and Pakistan.For millennia, Parsi communities have traditionally disposed of their dead in structures called dakhma, or “towers of silence”. These circular, elevated edifices are designed to prevent the soil, and the sacred elements of...
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Mets reliever Reed Garrett vultures fifth victory of season
After the Mets used Edwin Diaz for the ninth inning Sunday and failed to score in the bottom of the inning there was little question about who was next.