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Feb 21, 2017

Humans pushing these vultures to the edge

 Photo by Vaibhaucho
LONG-BILLED VULTURE
'Critically Endangered' - I.U.C.N.

Photo: Alok Tewari
SLENDER-BILLED VULTURE
'Critically Endangered' - I.U.C.N. 


Photo: Yathinsk
WHITE-BACKED VULTURE
'Critically Endangered' - I.U.C.N.

The White-backed Vulture, Long-billed Vulture and Slender-billed Vulture have been decimated throughout south-east Asia over the past 20 years due to the widespread use of the anti-inflammatory cattle drug Diclofenac.   The drug causes kidney failure in birds that eat the carcasses of recently treated cattle.
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