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Shift in India's Vulture Population Linked to Half a Million Human Deaths


A cattle painkiller introduced in the 1990s led to the unexpected crash of India's vulture populations, which still haven't recovered to their former glory.

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Loss of India’s vultures may have led to deaths of half a million people