Indian vulture crisis
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indian-vulture-crisis-179-12425546
title:
Indian vulture crisis
text:
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. In the early 1980s, three species of Gyps vultures had a combined estimated population of 40 million in South Asia, while in 2017 the total population numbered only 19,000. With a loss of over 99% of all the population of vultures, the Indian vulture crisis represents the sharpest decline of any animal in the given period. A major contribut
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Ecological crisis in Indian subcontinent
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_vulture_crisis
date created:
2012-05-28T10:21:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T13:18:23Z
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