Vultures in the Indian subcontinent dropped from a thriving population in the millions to a mere 20,000 within a decade—then ...
Mr Frank and his co-author Anant Sudarshan compared human death rates in Indian districts that once thrived with vultures to those with historically low vulture populations, both before and after ...
which caused toxic substances to "leach into waterways used by people". The vulture wipeout was later attributed to diclofenac, and India banned the use of the drug in 2006. Pakistan and Nepal ...
they overlaid data on vulture habitat from BirdLife International, drug sales in India between 1991 and 2003 (especially diclofenac and rabies vaccinations), human health outcomes from Vital ...
India has one of the largest cattle populations in the world, but most Indians don’t eat beef ... linked with eye diseases in both people and livestock. “Vultures are more important, in ...
“They are like vultures and predators trying to prey ... from many organisations in Australia and many good people in the Indian community who will come forward to help. So please don’t ...
A study by economists Eyal G. Frank and Anant Sudarshan reveals the devastating impact of the collapse of India's vulture population on human health, potentially contributing to thousands of ...