Subject: Indirect drug path kills birds
Date: Jan 30 12:06:40 2004
From: Lisa Godina - lmgodina at iname.com


I am hesitant to bring up this subject, due to its potentially controversial nature. I do not wish to start a pro/con thread on such a sensitive subject, but for informative purposes, some Tweeters may not be aware of the custom of "sky burials." It is my understanding, that instead of a burial or cremation, the corpse is placed atop a mountain or otherwise in the open for the vultures and other birds to consume and thereby return the deceased to the sky. To me, this would seem like another potential source for pharmaceuticals found in carrion-eating birds.

Lisa Godina
Lacey, WA
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