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	200 Vultures Sighted Near China - Hope For Environmental Enthusiastsvut

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10-2-2009 7:14 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/818543da-e1fe-43cc-a346-29b6c2823150/A06DACFD-3603-44E9-A8CD-17AF71E65A27/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/environment/flora-fauna/200-vultures-sighted-near-China-border/articleshow/5066367.cms" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/environment/flora-fauna/200-vultures-sighted-near-China-border/articleshow/5066367.cms" style="font-size: 11px;">timesofindia.indiatimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/environment/flora-fauna/200-vultures-sighted-near-China-border/articleshow/5066367.cms"><DIV>
 CHANDIGARH: At a time when the vulture
population has all but disappeared -- 99% of India's four crore vultures have
died in the last three <TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><TBODY><TR><TD id="bellyad"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE width="200" align="left" class="cnt"></TABLE>  decades -- the sighting of around 200 bearded variety of
the species in Lahaul-Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, comes as a ray of hope for
wildlife enthusiasts.
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 Indian vultures have all but vanished because of feeding on
dead livestock that were administered an anti-inflammatory drug called
diclofenac that increased the working life of cattle by reducing their joint
pain.
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 According to scientists, the Lammergeiers or bearded vultures,
breed in crags in high mountains, laying one or two eggs in mid-winter that
hatch at the beginning of spring. The population is resident. In Himachal
Pradesh, their population is found in the Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur districts
bordering China.
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areas because people here do not give diclofenac to their cattle. The bearded
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