Vultures are often in conflict with scavengers when competing for food at a carcass. We discovered a mixed group of vultures feeding on the remains of a Wildebeest calf on the S28 Nhlowa Road in Kruger National Park. Most of the birds were White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus), as well as three huge, pink-headed Lappet-faced Vultures (Torgos tracheliotos) and one Cape Griffon (Gyps coprotheres). A Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) arrived, charged into the vultures and moved the spine of the Wildebeest with a Lappet-faced Vulture in pursuit. The Jackal retreated, then made a second attempt, frightening the Cape Griffon. This time the Jackal grabbed the Wildebeest hide, twisted off a leg and retreated to the shade of a Knobthorn to eat it. The Vultures resumed eating the remaining scraps of the kill.
