On: Vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rite...

[DontchaKnowit]

No. They'll even circle live animals if they can tell they are sick or dying.

I personally witnessed this in the city trash dump of Tegucigalpa. Emaciated cattle grazing in trash, with cultures circling above them.

[fakedang → DontchaKnowit]

Also vultures circling the battlefields of every Attila, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, before swords were joined.;)