Vultures are nature's most successful scavengers, and they provide an array of ecological,
economic, and cultural services. As the only known obligate scavengers, vultures are …

Here we review mechanisms and factors influencing contaminant exposure among
terrestrial vertebrate wildlife. There exists a complex mixture of biotic and abiotic factors that …

Populations of the White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis, Indian Vulture G. indicus and
Slender-billed Vulture G. tenuirostris declined rapidly during the mid-1990s all over their …

Populations of oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis), long-billed vulture (Gyps
indicus) and slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris) crashed during the mid-1990s …

Vulture population declines have been noted in West and Southern Africa, but have not
been assessed in East Africa. Roadside transects conducted in 1976 and 1988 were …

Diclofenac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with a well-known toxicity for
old world vultures that ingest the carrion of domestic animals treated with it. Diclofenac …

Gyps vulture populations across the Indian subcontinent collapsed in the 1990s and
continue to decline. Repeated population surveys showed that the rate of decline was so …

Contamination of their carrion food supply with the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
diclofenac has caused rapid population declines across the Indian subcontinent of three …

Despite the now well recognised impact of diclofenac on vultures across the Indian
subcontinent, this non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) was registered in 2013 for …

The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac is a major cause of the rapid declines in
the Indian subcontinent of three species of vultures endemic to South Asia. The drug causes …