5157 x 3547 px | 43,7 x 30 cm | 17,2 x 11,8 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
Juli 2013
Ort:
Rajasthan, India
Weitere Informationen:
Nine species of vulture can be found living in India, but most are now in danger of extinction after a rapid and major population collapse in recent decades.As recently as the 1980s there were up to 80 million white-rumped vultures (Gyps bengalensis) in India; but today the population numbers only several thousand. The cause of the rapid plunge in the population was initially unclear, but in 2003 was traced to the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac, which is lethal to vultures when they consume the carcasses of dead animals treated with it. Vultures previously played an important role in public sanitation in India and their disappearance has resulted in a number of problems, including an increase in the feral dog population and incidents of rabies.
