International Vulture Awareness day

[Catherine]

The first Saturday in September is celebrated as International Vulture Awareness Day.  Vultures fill a very key role in the world's ecosystems. As such they should be respected and celebrated for what they do.

https://www.wildcoms.org.uk/news-and-med...ember-2019

Various places have events celebrating vultures.

http://www.carolinaraptorcenter.org/visi...eness-day/

https://www.stlzoo.org/events/calendarof...reness-day

We keep saying vultures are important. Here are some explanations as to why they are important.

https://www.4vultures.org/why-are-vultures-important/

Vultures are not beautiful and they don't have a pretty song, but without them things would not go well for the rest of the ecosystems
Things will always die. Without vultures to clean up the carcasses there would be a lot more diseases that would spread and kill more animals who would in turn cause more disease. Vultures keep the system clean and healthy for the rest of the animal kingdom.
We must focus on saving them  from the dangers that reduce their numbers and encourage the things that cause them to increase. Without them our ecosystems will not stay healthy. This is a case where conservation not only benefits all of it. Conservation is not optional. It is something we must do for the health of all of us.