The statistics indicate that Ruppell’s and White-headed vulture species are the most affected, having experienced declines of 97 per cent and 96 per cent, respectively, in the last 50 years.

Zookeepers at London Zoo have celebrated the "brilliant" arrival of the first vulture chick to hatch at the site in more than 40 years. Egbert, a critically endangered fluffy grey Ruppell's ...