A photo from a soldier in Myanmar's Shan State showed the dead vulture. 

The Mongolian vulture was found near death in southeastern Thailand last December. Nursed back to health by officials, the bird was to be flown to its native Mongolia. However, fears of avian flu prevented China and South Korea from allowing the bird to be returned by air.  

"There remains a bad perception about vultures. We have to change that," veterinarian Chaiyan Kasorndorkbua told AHN Media Corp. on Thursday, adding he received an e-mail in July from the rebel soldier who said a villager had killed the bird.  

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