Cannibalism in Eurasian Griffon Vultures Gyps fulvus

摘要

We describe an observation of Griffon Vultures Gyps fulvus killing and eating conspecific in Alava, northern Spain. We put this observation in the context previous reports of cannibalistic behaviour in vultures. The reduction of live stock carcasses available to scavengers in the wild, a result of the carcas removal policy adopted by EU countries after the bovine spongifon encephalopathy (BSE) outbreak, could have contributed to this behaviour.