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Heaven and hell, Judgement Day, monotheism — these ideas all came from one ancient Persian religion: Zoroastrianism. Also: Sky Burials. Zoroastrians put their dead on top of a structure called The Tower of Silence where vultures devour the body in a matter of hours. It's clean, efficient, eco-friendly. It's how it's been for thousands of years. Until 2006. That's when a Zoroastrian woman living in Mumbai snuck up into the tower and found bloated, rotting bodies everywhere. The vultures were gone. And not just at the tower — all across the country. In this episode, we follow the Kenyan bird biologist, Munir Virani, as he gets to the bottom of this. A mystery whose stakes are not just the end of an ancient burial practice, but the health of all the world's ecosystems. The answer, in unexpected ways, points back to us. Special thanks to Daniel Solomon, Peter Wilson, Samik Bindu, Vibhu Prakash, Heather Natola and the Rapture Trust in New Jersey, and Avir's uncle Hoshang Mulla, who told him about this story over Thanksgiving dinner. EPISODE CREDITSReported by - Avir Mitrawith help from - Sindhu GnanasambandanProduced by - Sindhu Gnanasambandanwith help from - Pat WaltersOriginal music and sound design contributed by - Jeremy Bloomwith mixing help from - Arianne WackFact-checking by - Diane Kellyand Edited by - Pat Walters Our newsletter comes out every Wednesday. It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)! Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today. Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org.   Leadership support for Radiolab's science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

South Asian vultures started dying in huge numbers in the 1990s but no one knew why. They were on the verge of extinction before scientists worked out what was killing them. Bob Howard has been hearing from Munir Virani of the Peregrine Fund, who discovered that the vultures’ livers were being damaged when they fed on the carcasses of cattle which had been treated with a widely-used painkiller. White-backed vultures in their enclosure at the Vulture Conservation Centre run by World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) in Changa Manga. September 20, 2017. Credit: ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images

In this episode, I interview my good friend, Dr. Munir Virani. He's the Vice President for Conservation Strategy and External Affairs at The Peregrine Fund. We discuss Asian and African Vultures and why they are considered one of the most threatened groups of animals on the planet. Threats we cover include human/animal conflict, poisoning, poaching, and use on the black market. Dr. Virani also recounts his terrifying encounters with lions and a lone buffalo.For more information, please visit http://www.peregrinefund.orgDr. Virani's TED Talk "Why I Love Vultures" https://www.ted.com/talks/munir_virani_why_i_love_vulturesDr. Virani and Corbin Maxey's "Through The Eyes Of A Vulture" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB-0vq8BN_cFollow Corbin MaxeyYouTube: https://goo.gl/ZbuBnRInstagram: https://goo.gl/NDYWFF Twitter: https://goo.gl/F4zVfNFacebook: https://goo.gl/ZsE1SP

As natural garbage collectors, vultures are vital to our ecosystem -- so why all the bad press? Why are so many in danger of extinction? Raptor biologist Munir Virani says we need to pay more attention to these unique and misunderstood creatures, to change our perception and save the vultures.

자연의 청소부로써, 독수리들은 우리의 생태시스템에 결정적인 역할을 한다. -- 그런데 왜 그렇게 독수리에 대한 평이 나쁠까? 왜 그렇게 많은 종이 멸종 위기에 처했을까? 맹금류 생물학자인 뮤니르 비란티는 우리가 이 특별하고 오해받고 있는 생명체에 대해 더 많은 주의를 기울여 우리의 인식을 바꿈으로써 독수리를 구해야 한다고 주장한다.

自然界のゴミ収集を担うハゲワシは生態系に欠かせない存在です。では、なぜあれほど不人気なのでしょうか？なぜ多くのハゲワシは絶滅の危機に瀕しているのでしょう？猛禽類を専門とする生物学者のミュニル・ビラニは、ユニークな生物であり、また誤解されている生物でもあるハゲワシにもっと注目して、認識を改め、ハゲワシを救おうと語ります。

Грифы — природные сборщики мусора — жизненно важны для нашей экосистемы. Но почему у них такая плохая репутация? Почему многие из них находятся под угрозой исчезновения? Биолог Мунир Вирани отчаянно призывает нас уделять больше внимания этим уникальным, но непонятым существам. Мы должны изменить наше отношение к грифам и спасти их от вымирания.

Éboueurs naturels, les vautours sont essentiels à notre écosystème -- alors pourquoi ont-ils mauvaise réputation ? Pourquoi tant d'entre eux sont-ils menacés d'extinction ? Munir Virani, biologiste spécialiste des rapaces, dit que nous devons faire plus attention à ces créatures uniques et incomprises pour changer notre perception et sauver les vautours.

Como naturales recolectores de basura, los buitres son vitales para nuestro ecosistema, así que, ¿por qué esa mala prensa? ¿Por qué hay tantos en peligro de extinción? Biólogo de aves de rapiña, Munir Virani, dice que tenemos que prestar más atención a estas criaturas únicas e incomprendidas, cambiar nuestra percepción y salvar los buitres.

Als natürliche Müllabfuhr sind Geier entscheidend für unser Ökosystem – warum also ihr schlechter Ruf? Warum sind so viele von ihnen vom Aussterben bedroht? Raubvogelbiologe Munir Virani meint, dass wir diesen einzigartigen und missverstandenen Kreaturen mehr Aufmerksamkeit schenken müssen. Dass wir, um die Geier zu retten, unsere Einstellung ihnen gegenüber ändern müssen.

Como coletores naturais de lixo, os urubus são vitais para nosso ecosistema -- daí por que tem tão má fama? Por que há tantos em perigo de extinção? O biólogo de aves de rapina Munir Virani diz que precisamos prestar mais atenção nestas criaturas únicas e incompreendidas, para que mudemos a nossa percepção e salvemos os urubus.

Munir Virani is a world-renowned raptor biologist and the executive vice president of the Peregrine Fund. We talk with him about growing up in Nairobi, Kenya, his inspiration to begin studying birds of prey, and how he helped solve a continent-wide mystery about the source of a mass-poisoning event that wiped out more than 95% of India's vulture population.