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New Drug Offers Hope For Endangered Vultures

The critically endangered vultures of South Asia are expected to get a new lease of life after the launching of a safe veterinary drug to replace the one that was tested positive as the killer of the big fliers.

The introduction of the drug Melox (short name for Meloxicam), which has come about, thanks to the joint initiative of the environmentalists and drug manufacturers, is hailed as an important step to save the three species of vultures that were pushed to the brink of extinction...


Source: New Drug Offers Hope For Endangered Vultures

Link: Drug firm backs vulture recovery plan
Link: Peru: Vultures Lay Siege to Amazon Jungle City

Date: 2006-08-13

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