Rabies rates in India tracked back to vultures
by editors@theworld.org (Hannah Chanatry) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6ZWME)
India is in the midst of a massive campaign to curb a growing population of feral dogs because the animals spread rabies. But while dogs play a role in the disease's spread, the problem actually goes back to the decline in the country's vulture population. The World's Host Carolyn Beeler spoke with Chris Bowden from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds about this link between vultures, dogs and human health.