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cab67

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4. we need to be careful about how people dispose of it.

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:39 PM

Jun 2018

Vulture populations crashed drastically in India a few years ago. The culprit was something being given to cattle (an antibiotic, I think - though it could have been something else). It turned out to be highly toxic to vultures. So it was banned. Farmers who'd used it dumped their stock in local rivers, where it caused a mass die-off of endangered gharials.

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Thirteen bald eagles were found dead in a field. This is what killed them [View all] douglas9 Jun 2018 OP

Sad story, hope the guilty person is apprehended. Bluepinky Jun 2018 #1

It may have been a 30 year old container of the crap that rusted and opened. 3Hotdogs Jun 2018 #2

Carbofuran has also been used to poison lions. eppur_se_muova Jun 2018 #3

we need to be careful about how people dispose of it. cab67 Jun 2018 #4