{"id":20091,"date":"2022-09-22T14:20:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T18:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=20091"},"modified":"2025-07-30T16:50:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:50:56","slug":"american-eagle-foundation-shares-fnr-vulture-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/american-eagle-foundation-shares-fnr-vulture-research\/","title":{"rendered":"American Eagle Foundation Shares FNR Vulture Research as Population Increases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eagles.org\/protect-our-native-vultures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Eagle Foundation<\/a>: Our native vultures play a crucial role in reducing the spread of disease. However, as black vulture population increases, so too have reports of human-wildlife interactions. Researchers at Purdue University are currently performing research to better understand reports of black vulture depredation on livestock, and their ultimate goal is to find solutions that protect both livestock and birds.<\/p>\n<p>AEF interviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/department\/fnr\/directory.html#\/pzollner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Pat Zollner<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/department\/fnr\/directory.html#\/zhaoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Zhao Ma<\/a>, doctoral student <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/department\/fnr\/directory.html#\/wahlm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marian Wahl<\/a>, and Ph.D. alumna Brooke McWherter for insight into their important research.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the great information in this video discussing how this research was started and the concerns shared to the USDA office from state offices and the public.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Purdue\/AEF Black Vulture Zoom\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JsCEY6OElJc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Find out what types of vulture species are here in the United States and their roles in the story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eagles.org\/protect-our-native-vultures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protect Our Native Vultures<\/a>, American Eagle Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Vultures have a role to play as nature\u2019s garbagemen, cleaning up animal carcasses. If you have any questions regarding this research, or have any experiences to share, contact <a href=\"mailto:wahlm@purdue.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marian Wahl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/black-vulture-research-highlighted-by-ny-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Vulture Research Highlighted by NY Times<\/a>, Got Nature Blog, Purdue Extension-Forestry and Natural Resources<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/fnr\/Pages\/BlackVultureResearch.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Citizen Participation Needed in Black Vulture Research<\/a>, Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources News<br \/>\nBlack Vulture Research, <a title=\"Beef Monthly\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yWR9xEyLKbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March Edition of Beef Monthly<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Black Vulture Ecology and Human-Wildlife Conflicts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/sites\/zollner\/blackvultureecology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Vulture Ecology and Human-Wildlife Conflicts<\/a>, Purdue FNR, Dr. Pat Zollner\u2019s Website<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/department\/fnr\/directory.html#\/evans44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diana Evans<\/a>, Extension and Web Communication Specialist<br \/>\nPurdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Marion Wahl's FNR directory profile page\" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/fnr\/Pages\/Profile.aspx?strAlias=wahlm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marion Wahl<\/a>, Graduate Research Assistant<br \/>\nPurdue Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Eagle Foundation: Our native vultures play a crucial role in reducing the spread of disease. However, as black vulture population increases, so too have reports of human-wildlife interactions. Researchers at Purdue University are currently performing research to better understand reports of black vulture depredation on livestock, and their ultimate goal is to find solutions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[944,529,1038,1507],"class_list":["post-20091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wildlife","tag-forestry-and-natural-resources-extension","tag-purdue","tag-research","tag-vultures","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20091"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33859,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20091\/revisions\/33859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}