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Re: Eagles/vultures In Punjab
Posted by Indy S Dhillon Send Email to Author on Tuesday, 10/04/2005 3:35 AM MDT

It seems they have banned the use of diclofenac but I think its too late.

http://onlypunjab.com/fullstory2k5-insight-news-status-29-newsID-2839.html

Punjab bans Diclofenac drug to save vultures


Publish Date : 4/29/2005 3:17:00 PM Source : Animals and Nature News Onlypunjab.com


The Punjab government Thursday banned the use of anti-inflammatory drug Diclofenac for cattle following growing concern that vultures, who eat dead cattle, were depleting, leading to ecological disorder.

The ban was decided at a meeting of the state wildlife advisory board chaired by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.

The decision follows concern expressed by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and other ecologists that Diclofenac use was leading to the death of vultures on a mass scale due to the poisonous nature of the drug.




The drug was being administered to animals - especially cattle - to lessen pain. Vultures eat up the carcasses of dead cattle and other animals dumped in open spaces.

These scavengers could earlier be seen in hordes in Punjab and Haryana, but their population had depleted in the last two decades. The main reason was attributed to Diclofenac after blood samples of dead vultures pointed to the drug's presence.

Rotting carcasses were also leading to environment pollution, a wildlife official said.

BNHS reports said the depleting population of vultures could lead to an ecological disorder.

BNHS and the Haryana government had set up a vulture-breeding centre at Pinjore near here last year with the help of experts from Britain and the US.

--Indo-Asian News Service


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