Multiple choice

The white-backed, long-billed and the cinereous species of vultures are facing threat of extinction. Consider the two drugs below:

  1. Meloxicum
  2. Diclofenac

Which drug(s) pose(s) major threat to these vultures?

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither of them
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The use of diclofenac in animals has been reported to lead to a sharp decline in the vulture population in the Indian subcontinent. Vultures eat the carcasses of livestock that have been administered veterinary diclofenac, and are poisoned by the accumulated chemical.

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