Wild Life
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Air pollution and pesticide use (including ongoing use of DDT) in India have driven this species from 45 million a few years ago to the edge of extinction. This is a crisis for Parsi believers of the ancient religion of Zoroastrianism. They rely on these vultures to purge the bodies of the dead rather than allow the bodies of the dead to pollute sacred earth, water, and fire. |
 Dog Eating Bloated Pig Carcass, Agra, India This photo was taken during the 2001 Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, upstream of the event. Over a two month period, over 30 million people gathered at the Mela to bathe in the holy water of the river-- the largest gathering of human being in Earth's history. |
