Over the last week the radiotagged vulture has spent some time at the Al Amerat/Al Multaqa Landfill site. In the map below you can see it spent time (on 12, 17 and 18 November) where the new rubbish was being dumped.
Al Multaqa is one of the most modern land fill sites in Oman. Good waste management need not be incompatible with conserving scavenging birds. In fact, good waste management that includes separation of hazardous material benefits scavenging because it lessens the risk of inadvertent poisoning. Scavengers can actually help in the safe disposal of biological waste, by removing food waste that might serve as a vector for diseases that might affect humans, domesticated animals and other wildlife. Oman is upgrading its waste management on a national scale. Due consideration of scavengers when implementing new waste management practices will be a win for humans and a win for wildlife.
Al Multaqa is one of the most modern land fill sites in Oman. Good waste management need not be incompatible with conserving scavenging birds. In fact, good waste management that includes separation of hazardous material benefits scavenging because it lessens the risk of inadvertent poisoning. Scavengers can actually help in the safe disposal of biological waste, by removing food waste that might serve as a vector for diseases that might affect humans, domesticated animals and other wildlife. Oman is upgrading its waste management on a national scale. Due consideration of scavengers when implementing new waste management practices will be a win for humans and a win for wildlife.
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| Locations of radio tagged Egyptian vulture at the Al Multaqa Landfill in mid-November 2016. |
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