Download or read book North American Vultures: Nature's Cleanup Crew written by Dr. Richard A. NeSmith and published by Applied Principles of Education & Learning. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one might say, “only a face a mother could love.” That might describe the North American Vultures and Buzzards. Granted, not the most popular or congenital of nature’s birds, but possibly one of the most important to our own environment, ecosystem, and health. The fact is, vultures do more than clean up dead carcasses. They help to prevent bacteria and deadly pathogens from becoming public health issues. Protecting them has allowed them in North America to continue to thrive, but we need to ensure their survival. Their survival is our survival.