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Vultures at risk, Govt bans drug used on livestock [1]

Teena Thacker

New Delhi, September 2: The Government has issued strict restrictions on the sale of drug diclofenac, used to treat animals, after evidence emerged that the drug indirectly caused the death of vultures that fed on the carcasses of these animals.

Dead Ranthambore tigress

Publication Date: 
03/09/2008
Indian Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Drugs [3], Tiger [4], Vulture [5], Ranthambore NP [6], Tiger Reserves [7]
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ranthambore-np
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiger-reserves