Feral dog, (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris), scavenging on carcass at animal dump, Rajasthan, India

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The cause of the rapid plunge in the Vulture population was initially unclear, but in 2003 was traced to the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac, which is lethal to vultures when they consume the carcasses of dead animals treated with it. Feral dog at animal waste site. Here vultures previously played an important role in public sanitation in India and their disappearance has resulted in an increase in the number of feral dogs, and in turn rabies cases.

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Location: Rajasthan, India
Photo credit: © Dominic Robinson / Alamy / Afripics
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