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To: Ron who wrote (10127)	3/2/2007 5:24:33 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) of 36917

The Vanishing Little noticed by the outside world, perhaps the most dramatic decline of a wild animal in history has been taking place in India and Pakistan. Large vultures, vitally necessary and once numbering in the tens of millions, now face extinction. But why? ... But these wild vultures are disappearing so fast—up to 99 percent of the population is now gone—that the captive-breeding goal is unlikely to be met. Many conservationists believe it's already too late for the Gyps vultures of the Indian subcontinent to survive in the wild. AdvertisementIt is an astonishing turn of events. "Just 15 years ago Indian Gyps vultures were thought to be the most numerous large raptors on the planet," Cuthbert says. "In a single decade they've undergone the most rapid population collapse of any animal in recorded history." .... ....There was one, Oaks found—a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug that had been used as a painkiller for decades in the West, but had only recently been licensed for veterinary use in India, Pakistan and Nepal: diclofenac. smithsonianmagazine.com

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