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"International Vulture Awareness Day", "typical_range": "first Saturday of September", "unit": "date", "note": "" } ], "families_and_kinds": [ "Old World vultures", "New World vultures", "condors", "Gyps vultures", "bearded vulture" ], "related_models": [ { "relation": "is a kind of", "target": "scavenger", "why": "in registry terms" }, { "relation": "includes", "target": "Andean condor", "why": "" }, { "relation": "is threatened by", "target": "diclofenac", "why": "in South Asia" }, { "relation": "is contrasted with", "target": "Eagle of Saladin", "why": "misfiled heraldic alias" } ], "identifiers": [], "standards_and_regulation": [ "Bans on veterinary diclofenac in India, Nepal and Pakistan", "CMS Vulture Multi-species Action Plan", "CITES listings" ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Poisoning by livestock drugs and baits", "Stigmatising vultures as disease carriers", "Misfiled heraldic alias" ], "in_scope": [], "out_of_scope": [], "characteristics": [], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ 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"wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Vulture", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "understand", "name": "Understand", "description": "What a vulture is.", "rationale": "Science.", "layers": [ { "id": "definition", "name": "Definition", "description": "Definition.", "findings": [ { "id": "definition-finding", "name": "Definition", "description": "Definition.", "questions": [ { "text": "What is a vulture, and how does it differ from eagles, other scavengers and the Eagle of Saladin?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Is the question about biology, conservation, culture or heraldry?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "groups", "name": "Groups", "description": "Named groups.", "findings": [ { "id": "groups-finding", "name": "Groups", "description": "Groups.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do 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