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Published online 26 May 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060522-20
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Promise of drug-free dinners for India's vultures
Ban of veterinary drug should protect carion-eating birds.
India has announced it will ban diclofenac, a veterinary drug that has caused South Asian vulture numbers to crash by more than 95% over the past 15 years (see 'Switching vet drug could save vultures.
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