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Hello, I'm Adjwa Andoh and on Dear Daughter Stars,
I'm reading a letter to my children telling them to remember you contain the universe.
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What do you picture when I say the word vulture?
Giant bald faced birds with crooked necks, blood stained feathers and huge ripping, tearing beaks.
Is that what you were picturing?
Or a magnificent bird spreading its three metre wingspan in the sun?
An elegant, curious, gentle giant of the sky.
I'm Sasha dench, I'm the UN's Ambassador for Migratory species and I love vultures.
Whatever you think of them,
you might not know just how important they are to the ecosystems they live in,
to us humans, to the whole planet.
And you might not know that nearly everywhere vultures exist right now, they're in trouble.
Numbers have plummeted in the last few decades with declines of 80, 90 and even 99% in places.
What's killing them is a complex picture with no easy solutions.
I'll be honest, I was fairly indifferent to vultures myself until I flew alongside them.
I am also a paraglider pilot.
In fact,