india lost about 97 to 99% of its vultures in ten years to diclofenac, a painkiller given to cattle. carcasses lay uneaten. feral dogs multiplied on them. rabies followed. one estimate: about half a million extra human deaths in five years.
method Frank & Sudarshan 2024 (AER) mortality estimate; Green et al. 2004 for the diclofenac mechanism.
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