<story><title>Vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rites</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/04/vulture-shortage-threatens-zoroastrian-burial-rites-india-iran-pakistan</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>KineticLensman</author><text>A factor that devastates African vulture populations is when poachers lace carcasses (e.g. rhinos killed for their horns) with poison, because vultures circling a kill reveal the presence of the poachers to wardens. A single big poisoned carcass can kill dozens of vultures at a time, of multiple species.</text></comment>
<story><title>Vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rites</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/04/vulture-shortage-threatens-zoroastrian-burial-rites-india-iran-pakistan</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>boomboomsubban</author><text>If it&amp;#x27;s consumption of NSAID&amp;#x27;s that are killing the vultures, are the towers themselves not a risk? Are the dosages&amp;#x2F;drugs given to humans not a problem? Or is there some sort of preparation that would remove the NSAID&amp;#x27;s?&lt;p&gt;I tried to research the Zoroastrian procedure, but it got gory pretty fast.</text></comment>