Comment on Ecosystem services
stardustpathsofglory@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Reminds me of the Sky burial done in Tibet. I guess this way you have also less diseases.
Comment on Ecosystem services
stardustpathsofglory@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Reminds me of the Sky burial done in Tibet. I guess this way you have also less diseases.
SlurryBravo@infosec.pub 2 months ago
Sadly, due to a certain drug in dead livestock is causing death in vultures the practice has started to have issues. This was a great podcast about the practice and issue: 99percentinvisible.org/…/579-towers-of-silence/
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Diclofenac. It is now banned for veterinary use in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. But vulture populations will take decades to recover. Sadly, diclofenac is still used in Spain and some other European countries, and can impact local vulture species.
Sky burial is fine as humans do not eat that much diclofenac anyway, but just to be safe they are banned in China (but not in India or Nepal) for the bodies of people who died of infectious diseases.