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Vultures used to be a common sight in India , with the scavenger birds in abundance at the sprawling landfills or hovering above, looking for animal carcasses. But, two decades ago a new drug was introduced to treat sick cows, and ever since then the vulture population in India has been declining.
They discovered that as anti-inflammatory medicine sales grew and vulture populations plummeted, human mortality rates increased by more than 4% in areas where the birds had thrived. The researchers also discovered that the effect was most pronounced in metropolitan areas with big animal populations and frequent corpse disposal.
Bird Populations Conservation Decline India Nature Study Vultures
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