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Why India Needs Its Dying Vultures

The vultures in question may look ugly and threatening, but the sudden sharp 5l in three species of India’s vultures is producing alarm rather than celebration, and it presents the world with a new kind of environmental 52 . The dramatic decline in vulture numbers is causing widespread disruption to people living in the same areas as the 53 .It is also causing serious public health problems 54 the Indian sub-continent.

While their reputation and appearance may be unpleasant to many Indians, vultures have 55

played a very important role in keeping towns and villages all over India clean. It is 56 _they feed on dead cows. In India, cows are sacred animals and are 57 left in the open when they die in their thousands upon thousands every year.

The disappearance of the vultures has 58 an explosion in the numbers of wild dogs feeding on the remains of these dead animals. There are fears that rabies may _ 59 as a result. 9

And this terrifying disease may ultimately affect humans in the region, since wild dogs are its main carriers. Rabies could also spread to other animal species, causing an even greater problem in the 60 .

The need for action is 61 , so an emergency project has been launched to 62 a solution to this serious vulture problem. Scientists are trying to identify the disease causing the birds’ deaths and, if possible, develop a cure. Large-scale vulture 63 were first noticed at the end of the 1980s in India. A population survey at that time showed that the three species of vultures had declined 64 over 90 per cent. All three species are now listed as “critically endangered”. As most vultures lay only single eggs and 65 about five years to reach maturity, reversing their population decline will be a long and difficult exercise.

51. A decline B rise C teeth D eyes

52. A benefit B debate C problem D solution

53. A plants B birds C humans D cows

54. A over B with C through D across

55. A sometimes B long C suddenly D hardly

56. A who B when C because D where

57. A traditionally B occasionally C possibly D finally

58. A came from B adjusted to C resulted from D led to

59. A drop B increase C disappear D change

60. A future B past C villages D mountains

61. A recent B urgent C frequent D rare

62. A neglect B use C remove D find

63. A cures B arrivals C deaths D journeys

64. A along B on C in D by

65. A take B adopt C consume D waste

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