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Twenty years ago Gyps bengalensis, the oriental white-backed vulture, was considered to be possibly the most abundant large bird of prey in the world
(Pain et al. 2003). Today, a rapid population crash has led Gyps bengalensis along with Gyps indicus, the long-billed vulture and Gyps tenuirostris, the slender-billed vulture to the brink of extinction. In 1996 the status of the vultures was common and not threatened and by 2000 they were upgraded to ‘Critically Endangered' by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), placing them among the most threatened birds in the world (Cunningham et al. 2003; Pain et al. 2003). As conservationists race to determine the cause of the sudden population crash, the loss of the vultures is causing devastating economic, ecological and religious impacts on South Asian communities.
Adult vultures range from five to ten kilograms. Gyps bengalensis are distinctive from the other species because they are......

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