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Breaking ban on diclofenac hits vulture population [1]

Over a third of the Indian pharmacies continue to sell to livestock farmers the banned killer drug, diclofenac, responsible for the dramatic fall in vulture population in the country.

Publication Date: 
12/09/2011
K. Venkateshwarlu [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Vulture [4], Livestock [5], Farmers [6], Toxins [7], Endangered Species [8], Nepal [9], Pakistan [10], Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) [11], Drug Industry [12], Birds [13], Wildlife [14]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/336641

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vulture
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/livestock
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toxins
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nepal
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pakistan
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bombay-natural-history-society-bnhs
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drug-industry
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/birds
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife