Environment
NCF Launches Save Vultures Documentary
The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), has taken its war against vulture extinction to another level with the launch of the Save Vultures Documentary, screening in Lagos State.
The Tide source reports that the theme of the campaign, “Our Plight to Survive” , chronicles the challenges faced by vultures in the hands of poachers, traditional medicine practitioners, illicit traffickers of the creature, and others.
These activities are gradually making the vulture an endangered species.
Director-General /Chief Executive Officer, NCF, Dr Muhktari Aminu-Kano, while delivering his welcome address, expressed gratitude to fellows of the foundation and partners for making the documentary a success.
Aminu-Kano said that NCF had been known globally for its campaign for the conservation of vultures.
According to him, a campaign for the survival of vultures translates to the survival of the eco-system and other species alike.
Also a Director in NCF, said the foundation beganDr Joseph Onoja, its campaign for the protection of vultures since 2016.
Onoja noted that belief-based views were driving the extinction of vultures in Africa.
He said that the NCF had collaborated with market women, traditional medicine practitioners and law enforcement agencies in its campaign to save vultures from extinction.
Our source reports that some of the “Save Vultures Ambassadors” also showcased their involvement in the campaign for the survival of vultures.
A song writer and musician, Uduak Peters, popularly known as Tito Da Fire, recounted seeing huge population of vultures as a young child growing up in Liberia.
Tito Da Fire, however, noted that as an adult, such fantastic sight of vultures had become history.
“ Being a vulture ambassador has made me to understand the workings of the species.
“I have been engaging traditionalists on finding alternatives to vultures in traditional medicine,” the musician said.