Vinaya Deshpande

Mumbai: The effect of the oil leak from MSC Chitra may not be as dramatic as hordes of blackened dead fish being washed off the shore or some oil-slick-ridden duckling being spotted somewhere. But, according to Deepak Apte, Assistant Director, Bombay Natural History Society, the process of slow poisoning has begun.

Vinaya Deshpande

Mumbai: Four days after the oil spill from MSC Chitra, an exact assessment of the impact on marine life cannot be done for lack of systematic data on the biodiversity off the Mumbai coast. Monsoon adds to the existing woes.

Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI| MUMBAIALREADY under threat by the real estate lobby, the hapless mangroves face another danger from the oil spill.

The death knell was sounded only five years ago when environmentalists found that the vulture was vanishing faster than the dodo before its extinction.

The Pinjore vulture breeding centre may save the endangered bird

Nesting Grounds

* India has lost 99.9% of its vultures; less than 60,000 remain
* Many died after consuming the cattle drug, diclofenac, depriving us of efficient waste managers
* They are now bred in captivity, to protect them from the drug and to increase their numbers
* This has taken off in Pinjore, with

Mumbai The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has urged the Forest Department to declare the critically-endangered forest owlet, a diurnal owl said to be found only along the state

Siliguri, July 11: The Bombay Natural History Society is inching towards releasing the first set of vultures from the three captive breeding centres of the country, one of which is in Jalpaiguri

The successful captive breeding of vultures belonging to three critically endangered species in the flagship conservation centre at Pinjore in Haryana could be a turning point in the struggle to save these birds from extinction in the subcontinent.

Mumbai : The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has for the first time successfully bred in captivity 16 vultures through artificial incubation at its breeding centre at Pinjore, Haryana. The Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre (VCBC) has also rescued an injured white-backed bird of prey from Ahmedabad.

mumbai In what could be hailed as the first step towards the restoration of the dwindling vulture population in India, the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has successfully bred 16 vultures in captivity in its Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre (VCBC) in Pinjore, Haryana.