Tourists Responsible for Deaths of Protected Griffon Vultures in Croatia : EcoWorldly

I bet that most of them are fat americans too.  I think I am going to go and startle fat americans in the middle of the night and see if they have heart attacks and take photos at the same time!  YA!

On the Croatian islands of Cres, Krk, Plavnik and Prvić, protected Eurasian Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus) nest just above the sea on vertical cliffs. Tourists flock to the area in boats, and upon reaching the areas below the nests, they clap and shout in order to startle the birds into taking flight – hoping to photograph these majestic raptors.

Tragically, many of the birds are young and do not yet know how to fly. Once they are frightened from their nests, they fall into the water and drown.

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