Heartbreaking pictures have recently surfaced showing dozens of endangered storks scavenging for food at Boragaon Landfill in Guwahati, India. /VCG Photo

About 1,000 adult greater adjutant storks are left in the world, according to estimates by IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. They have been considered endangered since 1994. /VCG Photo

In the last two decades, cities in India have seen a rising tide of waste and pollution. Landfills, considered a source of pollution, have contaminated the groundwater as well as the air. /VCG Photo

The birds are shown standing on a pile of rubbish that covers about 100 acres. /VCG Photo