The use in animals of an anti-inflammatory drug meant for humans threatens with extinction three species of Gyps vultures in India.
FOR the three endangered species of Gyps vultures in India, 2009 was a year of mild optimism.
Gandhinagar: The volunteers who have been entrusted the responsibility of the vulture count in the state cried foul over the exclusion of the volunteers from the Girnar area.
Gandhinagar: Several volunteers and NGOs involved with vulture conservation in the state have decided to stay away from the official vulture count beginning May 29.
Six rare types of vultures, including the Cinereous Vulture and Himalayan Griffon Vulture, as well as the Black-Capped Kingfisher have been sighted in the ''tiger-less'' Panna Tiger Reserve during a wildlife census.
Vultures may not win mass support as candidates for aggressive wildlife conservation, but there is renewed concern that three endemic species of the critically endangered bird among the nine recorded in South Asia could perish without active support.
In a bid to save endangered vultures, a campaign has been launched in Chitwan to make the district free from the livestock painkiller Diclofenac, the veterinary drug blamed for killing the scavenging birds, state-owned news agency RSS reported Sunday.
With three species of vultures nearing extinction in India, a conservation programme to breed the natural scavengers in captivity has been taken up at the Rajabhatkhawa centre in North Bengal.
Mumbai: The Parsi community of the city -- who leave their dead out in the open to be consumed by vultures and were facing problems with disposing their dead with the dwindling number of vultures in the city -- are hoping to resolve the problem with an aviary to rear vultures.
