GPS vultures swoop down on illegal dumps in Peru

[Judi Lynn]

GPS vultures swoop down on illegal dumps in Peru

By AFP 2 hours ago.

The lowly vulture is a dirty scavenger to many, but Peruvian environmental authorities have recast the birds as superheroes and outfitted them with high-tech gear in a bid to crack down on illegal garbage dumps.

Wearing GPS trackers and mini video cameras, 10 vultures with mythological names have been dispatched to lead authorities to the illegal dumps whose runoff pollutes the rivers and Pacific coastline of the Peruvian capital Lima.

In a public service announcement that looks like a Hollywood action movie preview, a "vulture" describes the campaign as a life-and-death battle between the teeming city's human population and the ominous menace of disease-carrying trash.

"Fourteen thousand years have passed since this struggle began," he says in a gravelly voice.


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[Adsos Letter]

1. "Fourteen thousand years have passed since this struggle began,"

Powerful statement. Gives one pause.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Absolutely does. There have been civilizations in that area a long, long time,

as steady work by archeologists, etc. have been pushing back the barriers continually, discovering older, and older evidence of enormously ancient human life.

Really hoping they can make some colossal breakthroughs within our lifetimes.

Then we have others, like the land developer in Peru who hired a crew to actually destroy a pyramid which was in his road on some property he wanted to pave over. They accomplished a huge amount of destruction in one weekend. Cha-ching.