Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tInvestigators and park rangers at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are investigating after they say 33 black vultures (Coragyps atratus)\u202f were dumped on the Foothills Parkway. On April 6, at approximately noon, rangers reported a large number of dead birds along the side of the road on Foothills Parkway West. Park wildlife rangers identified that 33 black vultures had been dumped. Black vultures are a federally protected species under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and it is illegal to harm or kill them without a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Dumping of anything in a national park is illegal. Information from park visitors is often very helpful to NPS investigators. The Park Service is asking anyone who was in the area of the Foothills Parkway between Chilhowee and Walland on April 6, have dash camera video or photos or if you have information that could help.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Investigators and park rangers at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are investigating after they say 33 black vultures (Coragyps atratus)\u202f were dumped on the Foothills Parkway. <\/p>\n
On April 6, at approximately noon, rangers reported a large number of dead birds along the side of the road on Foothills Parkway West. Park wildlife rangers identified that 33 black vultures had been dumped. <\/p>\n
Black vultures are a federally protected species under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and it is illegal to harm or kill them without a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Dumping of anything in a national park is illegal. <\/p>\n
Information from park visitors is often very helpful to NPS investigators. <\/p>\n
The Park Service is asking anyone who was in the area of the Foothills Parkway between Chilhowee and Walland on April 6, have dash camera video or photos or if you have information that could help. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"33 dead vultures found dumped in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Updated: 11:56 AM EDT May 6, 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":777832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[44234,318586,170082,318580,318581,318587,318588,318582,318583,318584,12644,18030,33136,264772,11686,123614,49019,44642,8150,318589,159,8717,1229,22913,67,132,68,318585,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-777831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-april","9":"tag-black-vulture","10":"tag-black-vultures","11":"tag-chilhowee","12":"tag-coragyps-atratus","13":"tag-dead-bird","14":"tag-dead-vulture","15":"tag-foothills-parkway","16":"tag-foothills-parkway-west","17":"tag-great-smoky-mountains-national-park","18":"tag-information","19":"tag-investigator","20":"tag-large-number","21":"tag-migratory-bird-treaty-act","22":"tag-national-park-service","23":"tag-noon","24":"tag-park-ranger","25":"tag-park-rangers","26":"tag-road","27":"tag-scenic-drive","28":"tag-science","29":"tag-side","30":"tag-tennessee","31":"tag-u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service","32":"tag-united-states","33":"tag-unitedstates","34":"tag-us","35":"tag-walland","36":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116529023286706840","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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