29 Jan 2004
A Drug Used for Cattle Is Said to Be Killing Vultures

More unintended consequences of our meddling in the enviroment. Some of this kind of thing is really not preventable - there are simply too many variables to test in an ecosystem. But this should serve as a big red flag to those who want to take this kind of experiment to the next, genetic, level.

A plunge in numbers of vultures in South Asia is probably a result of inadvertent poisoning by a drug used in livestock.

(link) [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

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