After nearly a decade, vultures are once again seen in Bihar, which is in Eastern India. Nests and babies have been sighted in the Valmiki Tiger Reserve. As many as four nests have been counted, which is a great increase from before when they were thought to be extinct. A few months ago a flock of about thirty vultures were sighted.
The reason for the vulture decline was the use of diclofenac, which is a veterinary medicine. The use of the medicine is the main reason for the vulture decline. The birds suffer from renal failure and eventually die. They ingest the medicine from dead carcasses. After the medicine was in tighter control, the vultures started to recover.
Recently a raid recovered over a thousand diclofenac vials that were going to be used for veterinary practices.
The ban of the medicine will enable the vultures to come back to the region, but this has not happened as of yet.
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Ivan