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Actually, this reminded me about the impact pesticides etc. have had on Parsi death rights in India. Parsi people rely on birds of prey to consume their dead bo
by edge17 7y ago
Actually, this reminded me about the impact pesticides etc. have had on Parsi death rights in India. Parsi people rely on birds of prey to consume their dead bodies in Dakhma's (structures intended for dead bodies to be exposed to birds that consume carrion). Due to the destruction of the population it's basically become much more difficult.
More to read here if interested - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Silence#In_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Silence#In_India
- jfk13 7y agoI think you probably meant "death rites" (not "rights").
- jessaustin 7y agoPresumably they have rights to their rites.
- _AzMoo 7y agoThat is a fairly strong assumption for a good chunk of the world.
- plumenator 7y agoAbout a decade and a half ago CCMB (Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology), Hyderabad actually bred vultures for this very purpose. I don't remember if they ended up solving it.
- plumenator 7y ago2005: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sexing-to-increase-vulture-population/articleshow/1184166.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sexing-to-increase... 2006: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/CCMB-to-breed-vultures-for-Parsis/articleshow/1996448.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/CCMB-to-b...