Griffon vultures feeding. © G. Jiménez García The effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on vultures has been the subject of several studies and lines of research following the ecological disaster caused by the NSAID Diclofenac on South Asia´s vulture populations. Despite the wide range of compounds belonging to this family of drugs available […]
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The “silent killer” decimates vultures in the heart of Europe – at least 15 griffons poisoned in the mountains of Granada The Vulture Multi-species Action Plan (Vulture MsAP), approved recently in the conference of the parties of the Convention for Migratory Species – a global strategic blueprint identifying priorities and actions to conserve 15 […] The terrible consequences of the widespread use of Diclofenac (a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory veterinary drug) to treat domestic cattle in the Indian subcontinent have been largely discussed and documented since the mysterious declines of vulture populations (between 95-99% in less than 20 years) and Diclofenac were linked for the first time in […] Iran’s Department of Environment has officially banned the export, import, production and veterinary use of the drug diclofenac in the country. Diclofenac is a non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug whose veterinary use as a painkiller for livestock has been the main cause of the decline of several species of vultures around the world. Vultures are […] Photo – a cinereous vulture scavenging in the middle of griffon vultures. Bruno Berthemy/VCF Everybody knows that vultures are nature’s garbage cleaners. They perform an essential function by efficiently locating and consuming carcasses and preventing the spread of diseases, without getting ill – vultures resist infection from such highly infective pathogens as […] In this video, you can see a short story about one man´s passion for griffon vultures – and hear about veterinary diclofenac, an impending threat to them.
(Photo Inigo Fajardo/VCF) […]
Just doing their bit for the ecosystem. Image by J.J.Musgrove Vultures are nature’s garbage disposers. They’re perfectly adapted to keep the environment clean and healthy by efficiently locating and consuming carcasses, recycling energy through the food web and preventing the spread of diseases. It’s an unpaid role. […] A major step for the future of vultures in Asia was announced by the Indian Ministry of Health yesterday [26 August] when a ban of multi-dose vials of human formulations of diclofenac, which is responsible for the death of tens of millions of Asia’s vultures, came into force with immediate effect. The painkiller was banned […] The Himalayan griffon, a migratory bird which comes to Assam every winter from the Himalayan region, has been becoming a victim of poisoning in Assam every year and over 200 vultures, mostly Himalayan griffons, have died in the last one year in Assam. Sources at the the Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre (VCBC), Rani, […] Latest News (for background information on Diclofenac in Europe: see news from the 3th March 2014 >> 10 EU governments and the EU Commission have already received from national organisational a formal request to start a referral procedure to ban the drug in Europe 14,000 people have signed the English petition – see […] |
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