Threats Old World vulture

1 threats

1.1 diclofenac
1.2 poisoning
1.3 traditional medicine

threats
diclofenac

diclofenac poisoning has caused vulture population in india , pakistan decline 99%, , 2 or 3 species of vulture in south asia nearing extinction. has been caused practice of medicating working farm animals diclofenac, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (nsaid) anti-inflammatory , pain-killing actions. diclofenac administration keeps animals ill or in pain working on land longer, but, if ill animals die, carcasses contain diclofenac. farmers leave dead animals out in open, relying on vultures tidy up. diclofenac present in carcass flesh eaten vultures, sensitive diclofenac, , suffer kidney failure, visceral gout, , death result of diclofenac poisoning.

the decline in vultures has led hygiene problems in india carcasses of dead animals tend rot, or eaten rats or wild dogs, rather consumed vultures. rabies among these other scavengers major health threat. india has 1 of world s highest incidences of rabies.

the decline in vultures causes particular problems communities, such parsi, practice sky burials, human corpses put on top of tower of silence , eaten vultures, leaving dry bones.

meloxicam (another nsaid) has been found harmless vultures , should prove acceptable alternative diclofenac. government of india banned diclofenac, on year later, in 2007, continued sold , remains problem in other parts of world.

poisoning

poisoning accounts majority of vulture deaths in africa. ivory poachers poison carcasses intent of killing vultures, since vultures circling on carcass alert authorities kill. vultures unintentionally poisoned when consume carcasses of predators have been poisoned livestock farmers.

traditional medicine

vultures in africa killed use in traditional medicine. vulture heads believed provide clairvoyance.