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longer time between poisonings. To increase populations, vultures can be reintroduced to poison-free protected areas near other groups of vultures to keep the populations high. This will make it easier for vultures to maintain some individuals after a poisoning event. A project named "Vulture
Restaurant" is underway in
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poison carcasses with the intent of killing vultures, since vultures circling over a carcass alert authorities to a kill. An increase in demand for ivory has both increased the rate of elephant poachings as well as increased the rate at which vultures are killed off by consuming the poisoned elephant
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farmers. For those who rely on livestock to make a living, illegal pesticides are often used on fruits, meats, or even the water in a wateringhole in order to eliminate large predators that threaten their livestock. Agricultural poisoning is relatively easy as it does not require specific skills and
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will be eradicated in the next 60 years if poisoned carcasses are not detected and neutralized. Eliminating carcass poisoning is challenging because it is far easier to carry out than to regulate. Park officials often lack the training to identify toxic chemicals before it is too late and calling on
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Conservation efforts would be most effective in large, protected areas because vultures are most populous in those. Small but frequent poisoning events have a more detrimental effect on vulture populations than larger, infrequent events because population recovery is more successful when there is a
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or with just simple down. Historically, it was thought that this was due to feeding habits, as feathers would be glued with decaying flesh and blood. However, more recent studies have shown that it is actually a thermoregulatory adaptation to avoid facial overheating; the presence or absence of
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educate about poisoning risks to humans, and improving response speed to poisoning events. Poison response training would be an important implementation in conservation efforts because this is one of the most prevalent threats to vulture populations.
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Gore, Meredith L.; Hübschle, Annette; Botha, André J.; Coverdale, Brent M.; Garbett, Rebecca; Harrell, Reginal M.; Krüger, Sonja C.; Mullinax, Jennifer M.; Olson, Lars J.; Ottinger, Mary Ann; Smit-Robinson, Hanneline (2020-09-01).
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and selling or using the drug in India can result in jail time. But while the
Government of India banned diclofenac, over a year later, in 2007, it continued to be sold and remains a problem in other parts of the world.
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are particularly closely related and possibly within the same genus. Despite the name of the group, "Old World" vultures were widespread in North
America until relatively recently, until the end of the
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Saini, Mohini; Taggart, Mark A.; Knopp, Dietmar; Upreti, Suchitra; Swarup, Devendra; Das, Asit; Gupta, Praveen K.; Niessner, Reinhard; Prakash, Vibhu; Mateo, Rafael; Cuthbert, Richard J. (2012-01-01).
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1161:(another NSAID) has been found to be harmless to vultures and should prove an acceptable alternative to diclofenac. Bans on diclofenac in veterinary practices have been implemented in Pakistan and
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1216:. Vultures can be targeted for the industry directly or collected from other poisoning events, but close to 30% of vulture deaths recorded in Africa can be tied back to belief-based use. In
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Collisions with electrical infrastructure account for roughly 9% of vulture deaths in Africa. Some organizations in South Africa are working with power companies to mitigate this threat.
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for 6 years because they are said to last longer than other species. Others use 1-2 individuals a year but this rate is unsustainable given the estimated number of healers.
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Tsiakiris, Rigas; Halley, John M.; Stara, Kalliopi; Monokrousos, Nikos; Karyou, Chryso; Kassinis, Nicolaos; Papadopoulos, Minas; Xirouchakis, Stavros M. (2021-10-18).
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As vultures play an important role in ecosystems, their population decline can have cultural, public health, and economic implications for communities.
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Ogada, Darcy L.; Keesing, Felicia; Virani, Munir Z. (2012-02-01). "Dropping dead: causes and consequences of vulture population declines worldwide".
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1155:. The drug is poisonous enough that only a small amount of animal carcases need to contain it to have detrimental effects on vulture populations.
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group within
Accipitridae, belonging to two separate not closely related groups within the family. Most authorities refer to two major clades:
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2014:"Models of poisoning effects on vulture populations show that small but frequent episodes have a larger effect than large but rare ones"
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in an effort to conserve the dwindling number of vultures. The "restaurant" is an open grassy area where naturally dying, sick, and old
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McKean, Steven; Mander, Myles; Diederichs, Nicci; Ntuli, Lungile; Mavundla, Khulile; Williams, Vivienne; Wakelin, James (2018-03-29).
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1103:. Population declines are caused by a variety of threats that vary by species and region, with most notable declines in Asia due to
1111:(including use as bushmeat and traditional medicine) account for roughly 90% of the population declines. And because vultures are
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1601:"A conservation criminology-based desk assessment of vulture poisoning in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area"
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average community members to turn in perpetrators reports is challenging if financial incentives to do so are insufficient.
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The decline in vultures has led to hygiene problems in India as carcasses of dead animals now tend to rot, or be eaten by
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391:. Old World vultures find carcasses exclusively by sight. A particular characteristic of many vultures is a semi-bald
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1740:"Detecting diclofenac in livestock carcasses in India with an ELISA: A tool to prevent widespread vulture poisoning"
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among these other scavengers is a major health threat. India has one of the world's highest incidences of rabies.
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or good luck like winning the lottery. The length of time a vulture can be used by
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Grimmett, Richard; Inskipp, Carol; Inskipp, Tim (1999).
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281:. Old World vultures are probably a
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2061:Haviland, Charles (2008-07-31).
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2290:SASOL Birds of Southern Africa
2129:"Rabies risk among travellers"
2000:Di Quinzio & McCarthy 2008
1798:Elizabeth Royte (2015-12-10).
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1833:Madeline Bodin (2014-08-11).
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1804:National Geographic Magazine
1764:10.1016/j.envpol.2011.09.011
1447:10.1371/journal.pone.0048842
1294:For communities such as the
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886:Savannahs of West and East
454:High mountains in southern
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1264:Electrical infrastructure
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635:and central and eastern
2950:Trigonoceps occipitalis
2596:Gymnogyps californianus
1744:Environmental Pollution
1195:Agricultural poisonings
1028:Trigonoceps occipitalis
802:Central and peninsular
16:Informal group of birds
2811:Slender-billed vulture
1928:10.4314/vulnew.v65i1.2
1837:. Yale Environment 360
811:Slender-billed vulture
702:Mountains in southern
664:Aegypius prepyrenaicus
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234:that are found in the
3112:Paleobiology Database
3056:Paleobiology Database
2988:Indian vulture crisis
2875:Neophron percnopterus
2730:Gypohierax angolensis
2521:Cathartes melambrotus
2511:Cathartes burrovianus
2031:10.5194/we-21-79-2021
1355:Paleobiology Database
1258:African vulture trade
1214:African vulture trade
1188:white-backed vultures
1097:critically endangered
734:Northern and central
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488:Gypohierax angolensis
355:. Within Aegypiinae,
121:Lappet-faced vultures
2946:White-headed vulture
2921:Lappet-faced vulture
2850:Necrosyrtes monachus
2771:White-backed vulture
2751:White-rumped vulture
2316:. London. 2006-02-06
2178:Raptors of the World
2173:Ferguson-Lees, James
1810:on December 13, 2015
1310:Conservation efforts
1256:Another part of the
1252:Bushmeat consumption
1184:Kruger National Park
1141:decline by up to 99%
1129:Diclofenac poisoning
1066:or Late Pleistocene
1024:White-headed vulture
984:Lappet-faced vulture
927:Necrosyrtes monachus
871:White-backed vulture
719:White-rumped vulture
395:, sometimes without
271:convergent evolution
125:white-backed vulture
2925:Torgos tracheliotos
2250:2005MolPE..37..327L
2147:10.1503/cmaj.071443
1756:2012EPoll.160...11S
1617:2020GEcoC..2301076G
1544:2012NYASA1249...57O
1438:2012PLoSO...748842Z
1083:Population declines
988:Torgos tracheliotos
968:Indian Subcontinent
3140:Old World vultures
2896:Red-headed vulture
2653:Old World vultures
2474:New World vultures
2362:The Times of India
2334:The New York Times
1486:(Ward et al. 2008)
1040:Sub-Saharan Africa
1000:Sub-Saharan Africa
951:Red-headed vulture
939:Sub-Saharan Africa
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2761:Himalayan vulture
2705:Gypaetus barbatus
2680:Aegypius monachus
2676:Cinereous vulture
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2571:Sarcoramphus papa
2299:978-1-86872-721-6
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2188:978-0-618-12762-7
1681:10.3356/JRR-20-36
1353:. Gateway to the
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843:Himalayan vulture
815:Gyps tenuirostris
759:Rüppell's vulture
608:Aegypius monachus
604:Cinereous vulture
470:subcontinent and
443:Gypaetus barbatus
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