India, April 23 -- New study contradicts the claim of vultures living in the wild are safe from painkiller diclofenac

Vultures, including those residing in protected areas, continue to remain at immense risk of from diclofenac, a painkiller that is used for treating cattle.

The drug was banned for use in veterinary practice across South Asia during the 1990s and early 2000s. In India, the use of diclofenac as a veterinary drug was banned in 2006 and gazetted in 2008.

The recent research from the National Centre for Biological Sciences-Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCBS-TIFR) in Bengaluru, published in the journal Nature , challenged the assumption that vultures living in protected areas and feeding on wild animal carcasses ar...