A dead griffon vulture was found on Sunday in the Starnberg district not far from the B 2 near Tutzing - an extraordinary find, as the State Association for Bird Protection (LBV) announced.
A hunter recovered the bird of prey and informed the veterinary office.
The griffon vulture was immediately frozen, is in the district office and is now being examined on behalf of the LBV at the State Office for Food Safety and Health (LGL).
There is a reason for this, as the LBV chairman Dr.
Norbert Schäffer explains: “The most common causes of death in vultures are poisoning from hunting ammunition containing lead or from the banned contact poison carbofuran.
We are eagerly awaiting the result of the investigation.” The LBV is interested in the result because it is concerned about the bearded vultures “Wally” and “Bavaria” that were released into the wild in the Berchtesgaden National Park.
Should it turn out to be poisoned by carrion shot at with hunting ammunition containing lead, the other vultures would also be in deadly danger.
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The griffon vulture was neither ringed nor tagged, so its origin is unclear.
The next breeding areas of the animal with a wingspan of up to 2.7 meters are in northern Italy on the border with Slovenia and in southern France.
"There are always flights of young griffon vultures that come from the Balkans and spend the summer in Austria," says Schäffer.
However, the find is exceptional.
"We can't remember anything like that," said district spokesman Stefan Diebl.
