Fifteen bird species in India remain critically endangered and three bird species that were in the ‘least concern’ category, so far, face greater danger than before, as per the recently-released In

The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) have begun working on a feasibility study for the construction of waste water treatment plants on the Ravi river at two sites at an amount of Rs 486 million.
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Banke district has been declared diclofenac free district aiming to preserve vulture, which is considered to be a nature sweeper.

Encouraged by the success of the vulture propagation and conservation project, the wildlife wing of the Forest Department has decided to broaden the ambit of the project by bringing other species like eagles, buzzards and falcons under it.

The dwindling population of vultures in the state has registered an appreciable increase to almost 800 ever since protected areas were created for these natural scavengers in Kangra district.

BHUBANESWAR: The breeding of white-backed vulture has seen no progress in the past one and a half years despite the opening of a breeding centre at Nandankanan zoo.

The widely known Bangla proverb “the cow doesn’t die at the wish of the vulture” may go extinct with the scavenging bird itself within a matter of years if the government does not stop the use of t

The use of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals is increasing. Over the past decade, there has been a proliferation of research into potential environmental impacts of pharmaceuticals in the environment. A Royal Society-supported seminar brought together experts from diverse scientific fields to discuss the risks posed by pharmaceuticals to wildlife. Recent analytical advances have revealed that pharmaceuticals are entering habitats via water, sewage, manure and animal carcases, and dispersing through food chains.

Cantonment, ATIRA campus, IIM-A campus, MG Science College, Shahibaugh, have the biggest vulture colony in the city.

Forest officials will carry out a survey on the rare Egyptian vultures, after a number of them were spotted near Laxmipur in Ganjam district's Chikiti forest range.

Their decline has been faster than any other wild bird. But before vultures faded out completely from the Indian sky, the state forest department has raised an alarm.

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