Helpless vultures watched the jackals rob their food

Vultures and jackals fought fiercely to scramble for a piece of meat, but in the end they both left the war empty-handed.

Photographer Mitchell Krog goes to the Giants Castle wildlife reserve in Drakensberg (South Africa) in hopes of capturing vultures here fighting for food. But what happened was beyond the expectations of South African photographers.

The staff of the reserve used animal meat to attract vultures to help visitors observe them closer. However, the vulture's food was quickly stolen by a black-backed jackal.

Unable to lose the prey, the hungry vulture rushed to attack the jackal, but the jackal also insisted on protecting the piece of meat it had just taken. The battle between vultures and jackals takes place very fiercely and eventually the victory has belonged to the jackal.

However, things did not end there when another jackal appeared. A war of meat between them broke out and the victory with the booty went to the last.

Vultures and black-backed jackals are endangered animals and are in need of protection. There are only about 200 pairs of vultures living in the Giants Castle conservation area of ​​South Africa.

Here are some pictures of the battle between vultures and jackals:

Vultures try to reclaim the piece of meat from the jackal.

After the jackal did not give in, vultures rushed to attack the opponent.

Not to be outdone, the jackals also counterattacked vultures.

Despite attacking first, vultures proved weaker than jackals

In order to avoid the counterattack of the jackal, vultures have to go up into the air .

. before flying away and leaving the piece of meat for the jackal.

But in the end, the booty belonged to another jackal that came later.