In an echo of events that unfolded earlier in the West, declines of vulture populations in the Indian subcontinent are linked to an environmental poison. Three species of these birds approach extinction.
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Risebrough, R. Fatal medicine for vultures. Nature 427, 596–597 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02365
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