Dwindling vulture population could harm human health and environment, say worried conservationists


PHNOM PENH (Bernama): The often-shunned vultures play a crucial role in disease prevention and ecological cleanup, but their declining population could impact the environment, caution conservationists.

Vultures do not live glamorous lives. Historically, they have been tainted with a negative reputation - labelled as harbingers of death in some cultures and even described as lowly scavenging birds.

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