Reacción a "The decline of large scavengers could increase the risk of disease for humans"

The study is a global approach that shows the impact that the loss or reduction of the regulatory service (carrion consumption) due to the decline of strict or obligate scavenger species can have.

The article reinforces the evidence available from previous studies, which already demonstrated with vultures that the absence of obligate scavenging vertebrates generally benefits the growth of facultative scavenger populations and/or opportunistic species. This can facilitate the spread of pathogens, with the consequent threat to human health. Hence, approaches under the One Health paradigm are increasingly necessary, because animal health, biodiversity and human health are interrelated.