Amersfoort Zoo - The Ancient City

The exhibit for vultures and black-backed jackals in The Ancient City theme in Amersfoort Zoo, the Netherlands.
July 2008

Have any of the vultures been injured by the jackals...it seems an odd mixing to me.

The mixing itself does not seem very odd to me. They are both scavengers and interact in the wild when they both feed from the same carcas.

PAT said:

Have any of the vultures been injured by the jackals...it seems an odd mixing to me.

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yup. Last year a vulture got killed. The first one ever. I believe it was a rescued bird that couldn't fly very well. Thats probably what made it an easy catch. Other than that the combination is working fine. The vultures are even breeding so i guess they aren't stress out by the jackals.

Does this exhibit still exist ?

@Cichlid Yes, but there hasn't been a jackal in there for many years now.

@lintworm Thanks, although sad to here about the jackals