Here are a few more pictures from this year and last year from Richard Cuthbert collection. This is a overview to the problem.
1) The Asian Vulture Numbers have decreased by more than 97% since the 1990s and still decreasing!
2) The Problem- Diclofenac Sodium - Used as a anti-inflammatory drug for live stock and fatal if consumed by Vultures (very small % contamination to be fatal)
3) Part of the cure - Vulture Restaurant where wild vultures are feed SAFE meat twice a week.
4) Another part of the cure - Captive breeding where Asian Vultures will breed and eventually be reintroduced back into the wild in areas that are free from Diclofenac. This may be many years partly due to the fact that Vultures do not reproduce till around 5 years old and also the fact that removing this drug from use in Asian is difficult even thou there are different safe forms of anti-inflammatory drugs available.
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