What will the environment be like if all vultures are extinct

The decline in the number of vultures has caused general hygiene problems worldwide because animal corpses tend to rot, or be eaten by rats or wild dogs.

Vultures are a bald bird eating corpses that we often see in arid deserts. We often want them to disappear because this ugly animal represents death and stinking. And this animal is really facing the risk of extinction in many parts of the world. However, this will bring serious consequences for ecosystems and people.

The disappearance of these ugly animals will cause disaster for humans and nature.(Image source: sciencemag).

The biggest threat now to vultures is because the toxins are present in the rotten food they consume. Toxic substances that humans emit into the environment have spread to food chains in the most remote areas. The population of most vultures in the world has fallen rapidly or is on the brink of extinction.

According to scientists, the extinction of vultures will make other scavengers species thrive. They have a wide range of activities and live, and this means they can carry bacteria and viruses from animal carcasses into densely populated cities, greatly increasing the rate of outbreaks. Disease.

In the mid-1990s, India experienced a huge decline in the number of vulture birds. By 2000, nearly 95% of the country's vultures had disappeared. The last cause is found because a drug called diclofenac is used to fight inflammation and reduce pain for cattle.

Diclofenac allows these sick animals to work longer in the field. However, diclofenac accumulates in the body and when the animal dies, diclofenac remains in the body.

The farmers left the animal's body in the field with the intention of cleaning up the vultures. Diclofenac in the corpse will be absorbed by vultures. But this chemical has a very high toxicity to vultures and makes the next generation infertile, retarded and very weak.

Vultures are the most effective scavengers.

In the absence of vultures, other scavenger populations will increase dramatically, such as rats, wild dogs and crows. According to some estimates, in Central America, South America and Africa, rotten meat vultures are more than all other rotten carnivores combined.

Vultures are the most effective scavengers. High acidity in their stomachs is highly biodegradable and can kill almost all bacteria and viruses. Therefore, vultures are an extremely effective barrier of nature in preventing outbreaks of disease. Without them, the rate of epidemics appearing and spreading very high at a global level is almost certain.

Real examples, after the decline of vultures, India experienced a dramatic increase in the number of wild dogs, estimated at about 7 million. Since then, the outbreak of rabies has led to more than 48,000 deaths in the period 1992-2006.