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Carcass of cow with scavenging Thick billed crows (Corvus macrorhynchos) and feral dog Haryana, India March 2005 The population crash of wild vultures in the Indian subcontinent has caused concerns about the proliferation of feral dogs which have replaced vultures as the natural scavengers in the environment, leading to fears about the spread of disease and increased risk of rabies in the human population