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Searching for vultures in India

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Now, asking for vultures in India is a bit like asking your safari guide to show you a leopard. Leopards are hard to spot because they are elusive. Of the estimated 500 million cattle in India, only 4% were destined for consumption by humans as meat. Not for the same reason, although. Vultures are anything but elusive.

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Come@Me: Hunting Is Not Conservation

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That year Congress passed the Lacey Act, followed by the tougher Weeks-McLean Act in 1913 and, five years later, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which protected not just birds but also their eggs, nests, and feathers 1. Some people actually don’t consider human beings as animals. A newly created U.S. Why is this happening?

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