15/09/2026
We want to say a HUGE thank you to Umbabat Private Nature Reserve for their very generous donation allowing us to add a very important piece of equipment to our vulture treatment facilities.
Over the past few years we have unfortunately dealt with many cases of vulture poisoning, and one of the biggest complications we see in the more severe cases is difficulty breathing.
Depending on the circumstances, poisoned vultures can develop serious respiratory problems. Some birds have aspirated before reaching us, others are only found the following day after spending a cold night on the ground, and both carbamate and organophosphate poisoning can cause increased fluids and secretions in the airways. These birds often require oxygen support whilst we treat the poison and stabilise them and now that we have an oxygen concentrator, it will allow us to provide this crucial treatment to critical patients when they need it.
Umbabat has regularly been in contact with us to ask if there is anything they can assist with, and this time they were able to help us with something that was urgently needed 🙏
Over the last 5 years we have been fortunate enough to save and release 263 vultures back into the wild. Our success rate with poisoned vultures that are found alive and brought to us in time is 94%, but unfortunately the birds that arrive with severe complications, particularly respiratory problems, are often the ones we lose. We are hoping that having this equipment available will help us improve the outcome for some of these more critical cases.
There are many different ways that you can support our work, whether it is through donations, equipment, food, medication or simply helping us spread awareness about the work that we do.
Every bit of support helps us give these birds another chance.
Thank you Umbabat for helping us continue this work!
