they are disgustingly ugly they are the
ultimate antihero and something about
that and draws me to them in some sort
of weird morbid fascination and as she
as I got to know them and start
researching them start to understand
them more I discovered that they are of
all the animals in the world the ones
that possibly in the most trouble
you get this sort of frenzied moment of
the voters when they start feeding what
I wanted to do was actually get into the
car as some seabird Birds interact with
each other inside of cars boxes they’re
too smart they didn’t they could see my
camera mile then I discovered okay if I
get it right inside the carcass they
didn’t really notice the camera anymore
the image we got from it took three
weeks and we only really got one out of
probably 50,000 we look at vultures
without a whole set of preconceptions
what I had to do is is think of ways of
presenting vultures to the world they’re
the fastest declining birds in history
they’re the fastest declining family of
species in the world at the month Africa
is now in freefall decline but this is
all direct poisoning in Africa when you
think the ecosystem South Africa you
know elephants lions hyenas leopards
vultures are actually more key to that
the most they consume more meat than
only other scavengers and predators put
together imagine you took that out of
the equation you’re going to throw that
whole ecosystem completely out of
balance
what really saddens me is that even with
us creating the biggest exposure of the
vulture crisis ever done
I still don’t actually think anything
will happen fast enough to stop you know
the decline they are wonderful creatures
and we are killing them at such an
extraordinary rate they’re probably
going to be extinct within 5-10 years to
cover the story properly I had to get
shots in there in the bush meat market
vulture brains and vulture parts are
wanted in the witchdoctor trade because
they believe it gives them the ability
to see into the future and it was
staggering
the amount of dead wildlife that we were
leopards lions bits of elephant black
mambas honey badgers pangolins most
trafficked animal
the world at the moment you could just
walk in off the street and buy any in it
so I just you know I had to shoot I want
people see them at their best which is
when they’re fighting they’re covered in
blood and they’re heartily repulsive
because that’s how they are they’re
wonderful for it but also want people to
see them when they’re at their worst
which is their head sliced open you know
my brain so people got to see that
otherwise they’re not going to get it
ultimate antihero and something about
that and draws me to them in some sort
of weird morbid fascination and as she
as I got to know them and start
researching them start to understand
them more I discovered that they are of
all the animals in the world the ones
that possibly in the most trouble
you get this sort of frenzied moment of
the voters when they start feeding what
I wanted to do was actually get into the
car as some seabird Birds interact with
each other inside of cars boxes they’re
too smart they didn’t they could see my
camera mile then I discovered okay if I
get it right inside the carcass they
didn’t really notice the camera anymore
the image we got from it took three
weeks and we only really got one out of
probably 50,000 we look at vultures
without a whole set of preconceptions
what I had to do is is think of ways of
presenting vultures to the world they’re
the fastest declining birds in history
they’re the fastest declining family of
species in the world at the month Africa
is now in freefall decline but this is
all direct poisoning in Africa when you
think the ecosystem South Africa you
know elephants lions hyenas leopards
vultures are actually more key to that
the most they consume more meat than
only other scavengers and predators put
together imagine you took that out of
the equation you’re going to throw that
whole ecosystem completely out of
balance
what really saddens me is that even with
us creating the biggest exposure of the
vulture crisis ever done
I still don’t actually think anything
will happen fast enough to stop you know
the decline they are wonderful creatures
and we are killing them at such an
extraordinary rate they’re probably
going to be extinct within 5-10 years to
cover the story properly I had to get
shots in there in the bush meat market
vulture brains and vulture parts are
wanted in the witchdoctor trade because
they believe it gives them the ability
to see into the future and it was
staggering
the amount of dead wildlife that we were
leopards lions bits of elephant black
mambas honey badgers pangolins most
trafficked animal
the world at the moment you could just
walk in off the street and buy any in it
so I just you know I had to shoot I want
people see them at their best which is
when they’re fighting they’re covered in
blood and they’re heartily repulsive
because that’s how they are they’re
wonderful for it but also want people to
see them when they’re at their worst
which is their head sliced open you know
my brain so people got to see that
otherwise they’re not going to get it
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