Some worrying news has appeared on the Birdlife International website about the drug diclofenac being found for sale at a vets in Tanzania. This drug has been the driving force behind the population collapse of vulture species that were formerly common in Asia – resulting in them being critically endangered now. The drug has now been banned in many countries in Asia, but if it is allowed to go on sale in Africa, the continent’s vulture species have a bleak future indeed.

Read the Birdlife article to find out more, including steps you can take if you live in Africa.