 In combating illegal trade and the killing of threatened vultures, which is mostly based on cultural beliefs, the Nigerian Conservation Foundation NCF is advocating that birds, especially vultures, be preserved to protect the environment. Experts say vultures are not evil, but rather cleaning agents and correspondents just in care of vehicle reports. The killing and illegal trade in wildlife has since posed environmental health challenges. Here in Nigeria and in some quarters, the vulture is perceived as an evil bird, and so must be killed. A key officer of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, Adedamola Ogunseson, is raising an awareness as sponsored by EU Life on importance of birds and vultures' preservation. When you start seeing that vultures are not coming to your abatios again, that abatio becomes very toxic because the natural cleaner is no longer there. It means the rodents will have a few days because there's something for them to pick. Or with vultures as natural cleaner, they help to sanitize the environment, take out the cacas, make it clean. They take out all the dead meat because that's what they feed on. And that is a very good platform for diseases spread. And those are the reasons why we want us to continuously protect the vulture. Aladha Mosoneye is the head of communications in SCF. He is more conscious of the threat in the station of vultures. The nature has been stored vulture on us as the only bird that has the capacity to feed on cacuses without emitting diseases into the atmosphere. Vulture is a scavenger. We have other bears and other animals that are scavengers, but vulture is the only one that can feed and we don't have diseases from them. So if that is the specialty or speciality of that animal, that bird, and then we decide to kill them or they go into the station, it means that we are diseases looming, that's what it means. So when you end up killing them, it means that you are driving them into the station. In fact, they're on danger lists now. He called for collective efforts from individuals and the government in ensuring that birds and vultures are safe. Most of NCF's interface with people with cultural belief is to look at alternatives instead of using the vulture, educating people in churches, in mosques, not to see birds as agents of evil, not that all the space in the house should be concretized. And please don't frown as young people who want to study on etology and think everybody must be a doctor, small gardens, education, and contribution to bird database through local clubs is important. Those are the little things that we can do to make the big changes. The planet is blessed with millions of species of plants and animals and this variety enriches life in so many ways according to experts. There is therefore the need to reverse this loss of nature and create a future where wildlife can thrive. Just enter Ubuku for Plus TV Africa.