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The Economic Times
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UP: Highly toxic pesticide behind vulture deaths in Dudhwa reserve buffer zone, says lab report

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP): Scientists at the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Bareilly, have identified 'carbofuran' pesticide as reason behind the deaths of 25 vultures in the buffer zone of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve here.

On April 7, carcasses of vultures and dogs were recovered from fields near Semrai village under the Bhira range of the Dudhwa reserve buffer zone.

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