India must eliminate toxins from the system
2 years, 11 months ago

India must eliminate toxins from the system

Hindustan Times  

Indian Vultures were the focus of this column last week. An avid birder in the Ottawa region mentioned to me how rare ravens were in the area till a decade ago. Indian birders record fewer species and fewer numbers compared to even the 1980s. While we have good breeding centres in India, this doesn’t compensate for healthy breeding populations in the wild. We must learn from the experience of others and eliminate several toxins from our system entirely.

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Vultural Nationalism

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