A. Species

Scientific name: Gyps rueppelli

Common name(s): Rüppell’s Vulture

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Critically Endangered

B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

• Ethiopia
• Gambia
• Kenya
• Mali
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Tanzania, United Republic of

Country/Region:

C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: Regional/Continental/Multi-country level

Name/Details of location: Sahel region

D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 1994

End Year: 2016

E. Information about the use

How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Type of use: Extractive

Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals

Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism and Only parts or products of the organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed and Medicine and hygiene

Motivation of use: Traditional/Cultural/Spiritual

Is this use legal or illegal?: not recorded

F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: not recorded

G. Information about the sustainability of use

Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species

raise awareness launched a campaign to tackle illegal poisoning

Record source

Information about the record source: own_res_data_knowledge

Date of publication/issue/production: 2017-01-01T00:00:00+0000

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Date of record entry: 2024-08-23