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| The '''Slender Billed Vulture''' is one of the rarest birds in the world. The only breeding colony of these ]s in South-East Asia in the wild, is in the Steung Treng province of ]. This colony is thought to number about 50 - 100 birds. The survival of the vultures in Cambodia may have been partly because ], which is poisonous to vultures, is not available there. | |||
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| ==Conservation== | |||
| The Slender Billed Vulture is a protected species listed on the appendix II list of ], because its numbers have declined rapidly. It decline may be partly because of the use of ] drug, Diclofenac in working farm animals in Asia. Diclofenac is poisonous to Vultures causing kidney failure and is being replaced by ], which is not toxic to Vultures. | |||
| Captive breeding programs in ] are aiming to conserve the species, and it is hoped that vultures can be released back in the wild when the environment is free of Diclofenac. | |||
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The Slender Billed Vulture is one of the rarest birds in the world. The only breeding colony of these vultures in South-East Asia in the wild, is in the Steung Treng province of Cambodia. This colony is thought to number about 50 - 100 birds. The survival of the vultures in Cambodia may have been partly because diclofenac, which is poisonous to vultures, is not available there.
Conservation
The Slender Billed Vulture is a protected species listed on the appendix II list of CITES, because its numbers have declined rapidly. It decline may be partly because of the use of NSAID drug, Diclofenac in working farm animals in Asia. Diclofenac is poisonous to Vultures causing kidney failure and is being replaced by Meloxicam, which is not toxic to Vultures.
Captive breeding programs in India are aiming to conserve the species, and it is hoped that vultures can be released back in the wild when the environment is free of Diclofenac.
References
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