The death knell was sounded only five years ago when environmentalists found that the vulture was vanishing faster than the dodo before its extinction.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/saving-scavengers-0
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/nirmala-ravindran
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/india-today-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vulture
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/extinct-species
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bombay-natural-history-society-bnhs
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drugs