while vultures can easily digest natural waste

These stomachs of steel are essential to removing pathogens like cholera,anthrax, and rabies from the African ecosystem.But while vultures can easily digest natural waste,man-made chemicals are another story.Diclofenac, a common veterinary drug used to treat cattle in India,is fatal to vultures.And because local religious beliefs prohibit eating beef,scavengers often consume cattle carcasses.