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Veterinary Painkiller Nimesulide Killing Vultures in India, Study Finds 18/07/2021 White-rumped vultures at Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur, March 1991. Photo: Bernard Dupont/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 A veterinary pain killer drug, nimesulide, has been causing the death of vultures in India, finds a new study published in the latest edition of the international scientific journal, Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Diclofenac has long been established as the prime reason for wiping out 99 percent of the vulture population in India in the 90s. Later two more veterinary drugs – aceclofenac and ketoprofen – were found to be toxic for vultures. While diclofenac is banned, a proposal to ban the other two drugs is already under consideration by the Indian government, lead vulture scientist and deputy director at Bombay Natural History Society, Vibhu Prakash told Mongabay-India. ....
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