- A study conducted on four white-rumped vultures, found dead in Gujarat in 2019, has shown that the vultures were exposed to veterinary drug nimesulide, through the carcasses of cattle they consumed.
- As per the study, nimesulide appears to act similar to another drug diclofenac in exerting toxic effects on vultures. The government-funded study has called for its ban.
- Diclofenac is one of the prime reasons for wiping out 99 percent of the vulture population in India in the 90s. Despite the ban, diclofenac is still in veterinary use in India.
Another veterinary painkiller, nimesulide, causing vulture deaths in India: study