In a bid to conserve species hit by farming drug, locals prepare safe carcasses.
Last Modified: 10 Feb 2012
In a bid to save Southeast Asia's dwindling population of the birds, Cambodia has created what they call 'vulture restaurants', where specially carved carcasses are laid out for the scavengers.
The so-called restaurants are the latest step in a programme to save the three species of the bird that have been nearly wiped out because of the widespread use of the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac in farming.
The presence of just one per cent of the drug in a carcass can kill the birds, whose diet is exclusively the meat of dead animals.
Al Jazeera's Stephanie Scawen reports from Veal Krous.
The so-called restaurants are the latest step in a programme to save the three species of the bird that have been nearly wiped out because of the widespread use of the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac in farming.
The presence of just one per cent of the drug in a carcass can kill the birds, whose diet is exclusively the meat of dead animals.
Al Jazeera's Stephanie Scawen reports from Veal Krous.
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Since I was born I heard that Vultures existed in Cambodia, but I’ve never seen one and now I just saw them, it’s really in Cambodia.
I would like to donate more cow
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