Menace from the sky: Black vultures attacking calves by: NBC4 Staff, The Associated Press. Posted: Nov 23, 2018 / 05:03 PM EST. ... The black vulture does, too, but it also attacks live animals.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Farmers and ranchers in parts of the Midwest are fending off a new menace: the federally protected black vultures, which swoop down and peck newborn calves and other small animals to ...

Missouri has long been home to turkey vultures, a large but relatively harmless bird that feeds off the carcasses of dead animals. The black vulture does, too, but it also attacks live animals.