What is the A venue of birds or a kettle of vultures becoming extinct?
Vultures are scavenging birds, and feed on the carcasses of dead animals; they are found in every continent except Antarctica and Oceania. A group of vultures is occasionally called a venue, and if they are circling in the air, they are called a kettle. The vulture population in India has declined recently up to 95%, and a few of the vulture species in South Asia are nearing extinction. The cause was found to be due to the practice of giving working animals the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) diclofenac, which has a pain killing action. Farmers leave dead animals out in the open, relying on vultures to tidy up, and in turn the diclofenac in the carcasses is also eaten by the vultures, and they are very sensitive it and suffer kidney failure and death as a result. Sources: http://www.examiner.
