Guest guest Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 Thursday, January 29, 2004 By Patricia Reaney, Reuters LONDON — A common painkiller used to relieve the aches of arthritis is threatening the extinction of three types of vulture in Asia, conservationists said in a report Wednesday. Although humans have been taking diclofenac for two decades, the report said its use in veterinary medicine is killing rare birds of prey, which ingest the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug by eating the carcasses of livestock treated with it. "This is the first time a pharmaceutical drug has been implicated in the decline of large-vertebrate wildlife," Dr Rick Watson, program director of the U.S.-based Peregrine Fund, said in an interview. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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