Research conducted by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and the UK-based Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has shown that the ban on the drug diclofenac imposed by the Indian government in 2006 has been effective. Used mainly for veterinarian treatment of domesticated cattle, the drug caused the virtual decimation of vulture populations feeding on contaminated carcasses across south Asia. The US-based online science journal PLoS ONE, published the results of this research in its May 11 issue, reported Hindustan Times (HT) on May 18, 2011.
With fewer animals being treated with diclofenac, the rate of annual population......