Conservationists warn that Asian vultures face extinction in the wild within a decade if the use of a livestock drug is not eliminated. Oriental white-backed, long-billed and slender-billed vultures are all under threat.
Scientists counted vultures in northern and central India between March and June last year. In the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, they warn the white-backed vulture is in dire straits.
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